Wrote Letter L-212 of 1691-11-27 to the members of the Royal Society about blood, chyle, and an experiment to discover the volume of water when it is cold and when it is heated

Date: 
November 27, 1691
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-212
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
68
Collected Letters number: 
116
Collected Letters volume: 
8

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 …

the circulation of blood in the wattle of a cock and the claws of a bat

the blood-vessels at the base of a hair from the ear of a rabbit

whether blood had air bubbles

an experiment to discover the volume of water when it is cold and when it is heated

chyle

possible pieces of tendon seen in a wound