Letters written by Leeuwenhoek during Period 4

Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters has over 350 letters. However, only those in this chronology that Leeuwenhoek designated Letter 1, Letter 2, etc. did he consider to contain publishable microscopic observations.

Date
September 14, 1694 Wrote Letter L-245 of 1694-09-14 to Richard Waller about blood circulation and having sent six copies of his portrait to London
November 30, 1694 Wrote Letter L-246 of 1694-11-30 to Pieter Rabus about about dragon-fly eyes and eggs, crab eyes, vertebrate corneas, another rejection of spontaneous generation, and the impregnation of women
April 10, 1695 Wrote Letter L-247 of 1695-04-10 to Anthonie Heinsius about blood and its circulation in a crab's leg, crystals in evaporated crab blood, and the hairs on a crab's leg
April 22, 1695 Wrote Letter L-248 of 1695-04-22 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the apple-blossom weevil, its larvae, their danger, and their metamorphosis and the reproduction of black flies on apple tree blossoms
May 1, 1695 Wrote Letter L-251 of 1695-05-01 to Anthonie Heinsius about weevils, nutmegs and their safe storage, and tobacco seeds and their germination
May 18, 1695 Wrote Letter L-253 of 1695-05-18 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the apple-blossom weevil, caterpillars and the metamorphosis of the small ermine moth, and parasitic flies
May 21, 1695 Wrote Letter L-254 of 1695-05-21 to Pieter Rabus about the eggs and blood vessels of the ray
May 23, 1695 Wrote Letter L-255 of 1695-05-23 to Maarten Etienne van Velden about the impossibility of small flies being generated from the body of a big dead caterpillars, again refuting the theory of spontaneous generation
July 10, 1695 Wrote Letter L-260 of 1695-07-10 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about aphids, their reproduction, and the unsuccessful search for male aphids
July 12, 1695 Wrote Letter L-261 of 1695-07-12 to Maarten Etienne van Velden about the metamorphosis of caterpillars and of parasitic larvae coming out of a dead caterpillar
July 20, 1695 Wrote Letter L-262 of 1695-07-20 to Anthonie Heinsius about about scales from his own skin, wool threads from his stockings, salt from his sweat, and air bubbles and salt crystals from his ear wax
July 21, 1695 Wrote Letter L-263 of 1695-07-21 to Pieter Rabus about the report that a large caterpillar emerged from a woman's ear and fumigation with sulphur to remove it; Leeuwenhoek cannot find any mites in his own auditory canal
August 15, 1695 Wrote Letter L-264 of 1695-08-15 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about oysters and their larvae, repudiating spontaneous generation
August 15, 1695 Wrote Letter L-265 of 1695-08-15 to Antonio Magliabechi, the dedication of Arcana Naturae Detecta
August 16, 1695 Wrote Letter L-266 of 1695-08-16 to inform Antonio Magliabechi that he has dedicated Arcana Naturae Detecta to him; he mentions the visit of the Elector Palatine
August 18, 1695 Wrote Letter L-267 of 1695-08-18 to Anthonie Heinsius about detonating gunpowder in a closed glass bulb and measuring the increase in volume after the explosion; in a partial vacuum, glass bulbs may implode
August 20, 1695 Wrote Letter L-268 of 1695-08-20 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about again about oysters and their sperm and aphids and other parasites
September 10, 1695 Wrote Letter L-270 of 1695-09-10 to Pieter Rabus about his attempt to breed maggots with his own ear-wax as food and a movement in his ear due to the vibration of a little hair against the ear-drum
September 18, 1695 Wrote Letter L-271 of 1695-09-18 to Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg about swan mussel sperm, eggs, embryos, and locomotion, small animals as food for larger ones and oysters and their larvae; he again refutes spontaneous generation
October 18, 1695 Wrote Letter L-274 of 1695-10-18 to Antonio Magliabechi to accompany a parcel of books, which Leeuwenhoek gave to Baron Bettino Riasoli for delivery
October 31, 1695 Wrote Letter L-276 of 1695-10-31 to Magliabechi to acknowledge the receipt of Magliabechi's Letter L-272, to report on the books he sent and on his recent Letter L-271 to Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg
November 3, 1695 Wrote Letter L-279 of 1695-11-03 to Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg about larvae from swan mussels, little animals in water taken out of swan mussels, and extracts from letters to Oldenburg and Brouncker about the quantity of little animals
December 1, 1695 Wrote Letter L-281 of 1695-12-01 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede, the dedication of the Fifth Continuation of the Letters (Vijfde Vervolg der Brieven)
December 22, 1695 Wrote Letter L-282 of 1695-12-22 to acknowledge the receipt of two letters by Magliabechi and to tell him once again that the books have been forwarded to him
December 28, 1695 Wrote Letter L-283 of 1695-12-28 to Hendrik van Bleyswijk about herring, their stomach worms, the food in herring stomachs, and how small fish like herring catch food
February 20, 1696 Wrote Letter L-285 of 1696-02-20 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the anatomy of the body louse, especially the sexual organs and the louse's rapid reproduction, and his opposition to Jonston's and Kircher's observations on lice
March 8, 1696 Wrote Letter L-287 of 1696-03-08 to Nicolaas Witsen about white mace caused by vermin, a moth from a larva taken from mace, larvae and wings of the merchant grain beetle, and nutmeg; warehouses should be painted to protect spices from vermin
June 1, 1696 Wrote Letter L-289 of 1696-06-01 to Pieter Rabus about dowsing rods and the hazel branches used to make them, iron, and loadstone
July 6, 1696 Wrote Letter L-292 of 1696-07-06 to Nicolaas Witsen about his analysis of the mineral that Witsen sent with Letter L-291, ant stings, and lacquer particles on a tree that originate from the tree itself, not from ants
July 10, 1696 Wrote Letter L-294 of 1696-07-10 to Nicolaas Witsen about demonstrating the rotation of the earth with the aid of a glass globe filled with water in which wax particles are floating.
July 10, 1696 Wrote Letter L-295 of 1696-07-10 to the members of the Royal Society about the circulation of blood in eels; mites, figs, strawberries, and a lobster's leg; a transcription of Christiaan Huygens's Letter L-223 about the reproduction of eels
July 16, 1696 Wrote Letter L-296 of 1696-07-16 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about the male and female sexual organs of oysters and their larvae
July 23, 1696 Wrote Letter L-297 of 1696-07-23 to Pieter Rabus honey-dew on lime-trees; moisture from vine tendrils leads to a theory on the production of lacquer in tropical trees; his Delft friend has lost the capacity to handle the dowsing-rod
August 26, 1696 Wrote Letter L-300 of 1696-08-26 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about plant-lice, its embryos and parasitization, black flies and their caterpillars on apple-trees, and English oysters from Zierikzee
August 28, 1696 Wrote Letter L-301 of 1696-08-28 to Antonio Magliabechi to acknowledge receipt of Letter L-293, to inquire about the reaction of the grand duke to his work, and to thank Magliabechi for sending printed matter and book news from Italy
August 29, 1696 Wrote Letter L-302 of 1696-08-29 to Hendrik van Bleyswijk about oak-wood containing beetle larvae, which appeared to be able to feed on wood, and the cause of the differences in quality of oak-wood
September 7, 1696 Wrote Letter L-303 of 1696-09-07 to thank Magliabechi for Letter L-290 of 5 June and Letter L-293 of 8 July 1696 and to request that Magliabechi spare him exaggerated praise henceforth
September 12, 1696 Wrote Letter L-304 of 1696-09-12 to Anthonie Heinsius about rennet and curd, chalk and crab's-eyes in vinegar, smoking tobacco to cure toothache, the gall-bladder and omasum of a calf, milk-clotting, and his contradiction of a physician
September 27, 1696 Wrote Letter L-305 of 1696-09-27 to Hendrik van Bleyswijk about the age of fishes, especially herring, using scales and the structure of greater weever's spine and the painfulness of its sting
October 26, 1696 Wrote Letter L-306 of 1696-10-26 to Maarten Etienne van Velden to accompany a presentation copy of his printed letters, Sesde Vervolg Der Brieven (Sixth Continuation of the Letters)
October 30, 1696 Wrote Letter L-307 of 1696-10-30 to N.N. (a gentleman in Brabant), a cover letter accompanying a copy of Sesde Vervolg der Brieven
November 15, 1696 Wrote Letter L-309 of "latter part" of 1696 to Harmen van Zoelen about what I had learned from an East India Trader
February 12, 1697 Wrote Letter L-314 of 1697-02-12 to Maarten Etienne van Velden, regretting Van Velden's difficulties caused by his defence of Copernicus and in support, enclosing a copy of a letter from a gentleman in Brabant
February 19, 1697 Wrote Letter L-315 of 1697-02-19 to Hans Sloane about sending Sesde Vervolg der Brieven and wanting to receive the latest Philosophical Transactions and the works of Malpighi
March 25, 1697 Wrote Letter L-316 of 1697-03-25 to the members of the Royal Society as a cover letter to Continuatio Arcanorum Naturae
April 5, 1697 Wrote Letter L-318 of 1697-04-05 to the members of the Royal Society about experiments with magnets, a meniscus in a glass, and patients given 'sympathetic' powder as a medicine by a German quack doctor
June 6, 1697 Wrote Letter L-323 of 1697-06-06 to Antonio Magliabechi about marine fossils found in mountain rocks and the present of copies of Continuatio Arcanorum Naturae sent to Florence
July 1, 1697 Wrote letter of 1697-07-01 (AB 186) to Luca Giamberti
September 3, 1697 Wrote Letter 109 of 1697-09-03 (AB 187) to Jan van Leeuwen
September 10, 1697 Wrote Letter 110 of 1697-09-10 (AB 188) to Members of the Royal Society
November 2, 1697 Wrote letter of 1697-11-02 (AB 189) to Antonio Magliabechi
December 1, 1697 Wrote letter of 1697-12-01 (AB 190) to Johan Arnoldi
February 20, 1698 Wrote letter of 1698-02-20 (AB 191) to Antonio Magliabechi
April 17, 1698 Wrote letter of 1698-04-17 (AB 192) to Antonio Magliabechi
May 9, 1698 Wrote Letter 111 of 1698-05-09 (AB 193) to Members of the Royal Society
August 14, 1698 Wrote letter of 1698-08-14 (AB 194) to Antonio Magliabechi
September 20, 1698 Wrote Letter 112 of 1698-09-20 (AB 195) to Anthonie Heinsius
December 17, 1698 Wrote Letter 113 of 1698-12-17 (AB 196) to Harmen van Zoelen
February 1, 1699 Wrote Letter 114 of 1699-02-01 (AB 197) to N.N.
February 28, 1699 Wrote letter of 1699-02-28 (AB 198) to Antonio Magliabechi
April 26, 1699 Wrote Letter 115 of 1699-04-26 (AB 199) to Harmen van Zoelen
June 9, 1699 Wrote Letter 116 of 1699-06-09 (AB 200) to Members of the Royal Society
June 23, 1699 Wrote Letter 117 of 1699-06-23 (AB 201) to Members of the Royal Society
August 5, 1699 Wrote Letter 118 of 1699-08-05 (AB 202) to N.N.
September 25, 1699 Wrote Letter 119 of 1699-09-25 (AB 204) to Members of the Royal Society
September 25, 1699 Wrote letter of 1699-09-01 (AB 203) to Hans Sloane
October 1, 1699 Wrote Letter 120 of 1699-10-01 (AB 205) to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
October 16, 1699 Wrote Letter 121 of 1699-10-16 (AB 206) to Antonio Magliabechi
January 2, 1700 Wrote Letter 122 of 1700-01-02 (AB 207) to Hans Sloane
January 14, 1700 Wrote Letter 123 of 1700-01-14 (AB 208) to Nicolaes Boogaert van Belois
May 20, 1700 Wrote Letter 124 of 1700-05-20 (AB 209) to Hendrik van Bleyswijk
May 20, 1700 Wrote Letter 126 of 1700-05-20 (AB 210) to Anthonie Heinsius
June 2, 1700 Wrote Letter 125 of 1700-06-02 (AB 211) to Frederik Adriaan van Reede van Renswoude
June 14, 1700 Wrote Letter 127 of 1700-06-14 (AB 212) to Hans Sloane
June 16, 1700 Wrote Letter 133 of 1700-06-16 (AB 213) to N.N.
July 9, 1700 Wrote Letter 128 of 1700-07-09 (AB 214) to Hans Sloane
July 10, 1700 Wrote Letter 129 of 1700-07-10 (AB 215) to Anthonie Heinsius
July 27, 1700 Wrote Letter 130 of 1700-07-27 (AB 216) to Hans Sloane
August 1, 1700 Wrote Letter 131 of 1700-08-01 (AB 217) to N.N.
September 7, 1700 Wrote Letter 132 of 1700-09-07 (AB 218) to Hans Sloane
October 26, 1700 Wrote Letter 134 of 1700-10-26 (AB 219) to Hans Sloane
December 25, 1700 Wrote Letter 135 of 1700-12-25 (AB 220) to Hans Sloane
January 28, 1701 Wrote Letter 136 of 1701-01-28 (AB 221) to Hans Sloane
February 9, 1701 Wrote letter of 1701-02-09 (AB 222) to Frederik Adriaan van Reede van Renswoude
April 8, 1701 Wrote letter of 1701-04-08 (AB 223) to the Mayors of Delft
April 15, 1701 Wrote Letter 137 of 1701-04-15 (AB 224) to Members of the Royal Society
June 21, 1701 Wrote Letter 138 of 1701-06-21 (AB 226) to Members of the Royal Society
June 21, 1701 Wrote Letter 139 of 1701-06-21 (AB 225) to John Chamberlayne
June 21, 1701 Wrote letter of 1701-06-21 (AB 227) to Hans Sloane
August 2, 1701 Wrote Letter 140 of 1701-08-02 (AB 228) to Members of the Royal Society; bequest of 26 magnifying glasses
August 26, 1701 Wrote Letter 141 of 1701-08-26 (AB 229) to Frederik Adriaan van Reede van Renswoude
December 6, 1701 Wrote Letter 142 of 1701-12-06 (AB 231) to John Somers
December 6, 1701 Wrote letter of 1701-12-06 (AB 230) to Hans Sloane
December 20, 1701 Wrote Letter 143 of 1701-12-20 (AB 232) to Members of the Royal Society
February 9, 1702 Wrote Letter 144 of 1702-02-09 (AB 233) to Hendrik van Bleyswijk
February 14, 1702 Wrote Letter 145 of 1702-02-14 (AB 234) to Members of the Royal Society
April 20, 1702 Wrote Letter 146 of 1702-04-20 (AB 235) to Karl von Hessen-Kassel
April 20, 1702 Wrote letter of 1702-04-20 (AB 236) to Karl von Hessen-Kassel