Wrote Letter L-391 of 1701-06-21 to Hans Sloane about the claimed qualtity of other people's magnifying glasses, injuries to the cornea, and the impossibility of observing the smallest particles of matter
Date:
June 21, 1701
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
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Quality of magnifying glasses. Cornea, blood vessels, and small particles (crystalline humour) in L.'s own eye.
On the qualtity of magnifying glasses, and injuries to the cornea; the impossibility of observing the smallest particles of matter.