Wrote Letter L-037 of 1676-05-29 to Henry Oldenburg about disagreements with Grew about the structure of wood and a further account of the vessels, fibres, and medullary rays of wood

Date: 
May 29, 1676
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-037
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
16
Collected Letters number: 
23
Collected Letters volume: 
2

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

The original manuscript on six folio pages, written and signed by Leeuwenhoek, is preserved at the Royal Society (MS. 1849. Early Letters L1.20). On the separate cover sheet, which shows a small part of Leeuwenhoek's red wax seal, he wrote, "A Monsieur. / Monsieur. Grubendol. / a. Londres". Oldenburg wrote, "Rec. june 1.76." His English translation is Early Letters L1.21.

Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter to Henry Oldenburg about disagreements with Nehemiah Grew about the structure of wood and a further account of the vessels, fibres, and medullary rays of wood.