Wrote letter of 1721-01-15 (AB 356) to members of the Royal Society about the stomata of the leaves of boxwood, the number of them, and the down on the skin of a peach and a quince
Standard reference information Leeuwenhoek's summary Leeuwenhoek did not publish any letters after 1718 in book form with his own summaries. The summary below comes from Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters .
In this letter, L. describes the stomata of the leaves of boxwood and calculates the number of stomata on a leaf. He also describes the down on the skin of a peach and a quince.
Reception in London The manuscript of the letter is to be found in London, Royal Society, MS 2113, Early Letters L.4.62; 8 quarto pages; 1 engraving.
The letter was read during the meeting of the Royal Society of 16 May 1723 (O.S.); Royal Society, Journal Book Original, vol. 13, p. 286.
Calculations one surface of the leaf of a box tree is equipped with 43,022 4/7 little mouths
Figures Two figures came with this letter. L. did not send drawings, but a single engraving accompanied this letter. The two figures are to be found as Fig. 3-4 on the plate with no. 369 of Philosophical Transactions .
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