Letter 35 of March 3, 1682 Figure 6 | red chalk

The inside of the flat oyster-shell.

Binne sij vande platte Oester-schulp.

This figure and the accompanying text were omitted from all of the published versions of this letter. Fig. 7 in the manuscript, the figure showing what Leeuwenhoek saw in a scale of this oyster shell, thus became Fig. 6 in print.

Origin of specimen: 
England
Standard reference information
Letter of: 
March 3, 1682
Written to: 
AB/CL number: 
67
AvL number: 
35
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