Wrote Letter L-512 of 1714-11-09 to the members of the Royal Society about the muscles of an ox, sheep, chicken, mouse, and hare

Date: 
November 9, 1714
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-512
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
XIV
Collected Letters number: 
310
Collected Letters volume: 
17

Explanation of Leeuwenhoek's ideas about the structure and action of muscle fibres and tendons from the leg of a mouse. Illustration of a model of L.'s assumed spiral contraction.