Wrote Letter L-415 of 1704-01-08 to the members of the Royal Society about salt crystals out of rainwater that during a "frightful storm" in December had dashed against the windows of his house

Date: 
January 8, 1704
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-415
Collected Letters number: 
245
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 salt crystals out of rainwater, which during a severe gale had dashed against the windows of Leeuwenhoek's house.