Wrote Letter L-436 of 1705-03-12 to Antonio Magliabechi about precipitating silver from aqua fortis, silver sulphate crystals, their comparison with rock crystal, saltpetre, and sugar candy

Date: 
March 12, 1705
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-436
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
164
Collected Letters number: 
256
Collected Letters volume: 
15

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 his experiments on the crystallization of silver out of a solution in aqua fortis. Description of crystals of silver sulphate.
Experiment to precipitate silver from aqua fortis (nitric acid and sulphuric acid). Silver sulphate crystals; their comparison with rock crystal, saltpetre (potassium nitrate), and sugar candy.