Wrote Letter L-221 of 1692-09-16 to the members of the Royal Society about little animals in dental tartar, theories of eel reproduction, worms in eel intestines, and blood vessels in grasshoppers
Date:
September 16, 1692
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 …
Examination of the micro-organisms in dental tartar; theories about the reproduction in eels; concerning 'navel blood' of the eel; worms in the intestines of eels; a postscript concerns the blood vessels in grasshoppers
