Wrote Letter L-279 of 1695-11-03 to Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg about larvae from swan mussels, little animals in water taken out of swan mussels, and extracts from letters to Oldenburg and Brouncker about the quantity of little animals

Date: 
November 3, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-279
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
96
Collected Letters number: 
160
Collected Letters volume: 
11

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 larvae from swan mussels. A number of species of protozoa from water taken out of the swan mussels. Observations on the way in which the protozoa take their food and propagate. Extracts from two letters to Oldenburg, the second sent to Brouncker after Oldenburg's death.