Wrote letter of 1708-08-28 (AB 277) to Members of the Royal Society
Standard reference information The original manuscript on eight quarto pages, written and signed by Leeuwenhoek, is preserved at the Royal Society (MS. 2073, L 4. 22). The original drawings are lost.
Leeuwenhoek's summary Leeuwenhoek did not include the letters from 1702-04-28 (AB 237) through 1712-06-10 (AB 294) among his self-published and thus self-numbered letters. Those with scientific observations were all addressed to members of the Royal Society and almost all of them were excerpted in Philosophical Transactions .
Reception in London The letter was read in the meeting of the Royal Society on October 27, 1708 O.S. (Royal Society, Journal Book Original , vol. II, p. 151).
They published it in Philosophical Transactions no. 319 for January and February 1709.
The original English translation on eight folio pages is preserved at the Royal Society (MS. 2074, L 4. 23). The original drawings are lost.
Specimens and methods On the operation of the heart of an eel and the valves in the veins in the tail of an eel.
Observations on Leeuwenhoek's own pulse. Experiment on the pulsation of the heart of an eel. On the pulsation of the heart of a living pike.
Publication history Related sources, especially Philosophical Transactions, and first editions only of Leeuwenhoek's volumes of letters. For later editions see Related events under Learn more.
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