Wrote Letter L-471 of 1709-09-10 to John Chamberlayne about the cutting edge of a razor and its nicks as well as its setting and maintenance

Date: 
September 10, 1709
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-471
Collected Letters number: 
280
Collected Letters volume: 
16

The original manuscript on four quarto pages, written and signed by Leeuwenhoek, is preserved at the Royal Society (MS. 2080. L 4. 29).

On the cover, Leeuwenhoek wrote, "for Mr. John Chamberlaijne in Westminster."