Wrote Letter L-294 of 1696-07-10 to Nicolaas Witsen about demonstrating the rotation of the earth with the aid of a glass globe filled with water in which wax particles are floating.

Date: 
July 10, 1696
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-294
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
101
Collected Letters number: 
168
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 demonstrating the rotation of the earth with the aid of a glass globe filled with water in which wax particles are floating.