Wrote Letter L-289 of 1696-06-01 to Pieter Rabus about dowsing rods and the hazel branches used to make them, iron, and loadstone

Date: 
June 1, 1696
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-289
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
99a
Collected Letters number: 
166
Collected Letters volume: 
11

Text of the letter in the original Dutch and in English translation from Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters at the DBNL - De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter about …

Dowsing-rod attracted by gold. Comparison with iron and a loadstone. The vessels in the branch of a hazel used to make a dowsing-rod.