Wrote Letter L-049 of some time in 1677 to Robert Boyle, now lost

Date: 
January 1, 1677
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-049
Collected Letters volume: 
20

This letter is known only by reference in other sources.

  1. Hunter et al., eds., The Correspondence of Robert Boyle, vol. 4, p. 435:

 “Lost letters dating from 1677 are as follows: … No. 156 ‘Mr. Leeuwenhoek’. This is possibly the letter of 28 July 1676.”

See Robert Boyle under Learn more below for an overview of the correspondence between Leeuwenhoek and Boyle.