Wrote Letter L-376 of 1700-08-01 to "Your Most Serene Highness" about the influence of atmospheric pressure on the level of a water column in a glass tube during a capillary rise; comparison to the column of mercury in a barometer

Date: 
August 1, 1700
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-376
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
131
Collected Letters number: 
217
Collected Letters volume: 
13

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 the influence of the atmospheric pressure on the level of a water column in a glass tube during a capillary rise. Calculations relating to this. Comparing it with the column of mercury in a barometer.