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Complete Collected Letters

Volumes 1 through 20 of Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters, the complete series. Download for free.

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Master list (pdf) of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their Collected Letters number

Life in Holland

in the 1600's

The Virginal Player

Man Writing a Letter

The Intruder

The Wine Drinker

The Poultry Woman

Work in Holland

in the 1600's

Glass blower

Bricklayer

Instrument maker

Astrologer

Published Zaden van Boomen (Seeds of Trees), Letters 46, 47 (L-160, L-166)

Date: 
January 1, 1685

Boutesteyn published the next two in Leeuwenhoek's series of letters.

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1685 Leeuwenhoek, A. van Zaden van Boomen
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1685: Being ignorant of all other men's thoughts
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January 1, 1697 Published Zaden van Boomen (Seeds of Trees), Letters 46, 47 (2nd)
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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter L-159 of 1685-07-13 to members of the Royal Society about reproduction of trees, transfer of nutrients, male and female trees, hazelnut, comparing reproduction of mammals with reproduction of plants, cross-breeding, and germination
Wrote Letter L-166 of 1685-10-12 to members of the Royal Society about the beginning of plants in seeds; chyle, sweat, about skin, optic nerve, and bile of fish; salts in beer vinegar and lemon juice; and spirits mixed with blood and wine vinegar
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Life in Holland

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Dancing Lesson
As the old sing, so pipe the young
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