Wrote Letter L-292 of 1696-07-06 to Nicolaas Witsen about his analysis of the mineral that Witsen sent with Letter L-291, ant stings, and lacquer particles on a tree that originate from the tree itself, not from ants

Date: 
July 6, 1696
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-292
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
100
Collected Letters number: 
167
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 …

Analysis of a mineral from Tartary by melting. How gold and silver already got into a mineral from a Sumatran mine during the creation of the earth. About the increase of metals in ores owing to vapours forced up from the earth. Ants sting with a sting, not with their mouth; lacquer particles on a tree originate from the tree itself, not from ants.