Wrote Letter L-422 of 1704-03-21 to the members of the Royal Society about cochineal and the insects that are the source of this dye

Date: 
March 21, 1704
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-422
Collected Letters number: 
248
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 cochineal and the scale insects which are the source of this dye.