Wrote Letter L-510 of 1714-11-04 to Adriaen van Assendelft, comparison between muscle fibres and a tightened rope; the shorter the rope, the quicker it can shrink; application of this comparison on the size of muscle fibres of a cow and of a mouse

Date: 
November 4, 1714
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-510
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
XIII
Collected Letters number: 
309
Collected Letters volume: 
17