Wrote Letter L-356 of 1699-06-09 to the members of the Royal Society to dispute Dalenpatius's 'Nouvelles de la Republique des lettres', in which sperm are described as having the shape of the human body

Date: 
June 9, 1699
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-356
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
116
Collected Letters number: 
200
Collected Letters volume: 
12

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 …

Quotes from Dalenpatius's 'Nouvelles de la Republique des lettres' in which spermatozoa are described as having the shape of the human body. Leeuwenhoek disputes this with various arguments. Leeuwenhoek discovered spermatozoa in 1677.