Wrote Letter L-398 of 1701-12-06 to John Somers about the sperm of young cocks living for days outside the cock and whether that was long enough to fertilise a hen's egg

Date: 
December 6, 1701
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-398
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
142
Collected Letters number: 
231
Collected Letters volume: 
14

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 the sperm of young cocks living for days outside the cock and whether that was long enough to fertilise a hen's egg