Wrote Letter L-038 of 1676-07-28 to Henry Oldenburg; now lost

Date: 
July 28, 1676
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-038
Collected Letters number: 
24
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 is not preserved at the Royal Society. It is known only by reference in Letter L-040.


Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter to Henry Oldenburg, but it is lost; it was not published and there is no manuscript. The enclosure to Robert Boyle, Letter L-039, is also lost.

Beginning of Letter L-040 of 9 October 1676:

My last letter to you was that of July 28th with enclosure to Mr. Boyle.