Wrote Letter L-297 of 1696-07-23 to Pieter Rabus honey-dew on lime-trees; moisture from vine tendrils leads to a theory on the production of lacquer in tropical trees; his Delft friend has lost the capacity to handle the dowsing-rod
Date:
July 23, 1696
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
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Honey-dew, which according to L. comes from trees, is found to be a sweet, syrupy substance. On lime-trees L. finds a good deal of honey-dew, on other trees little or none. Moisture from vine tendrils induces L. to form a theory on the production of lacquer in tropical kinds of trees. L.'s Delft friend has lost the capacity to handle the dowsing-rod.
