Volume 1

Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek / uitgegeven, geïllustreerd en van aanteekeningen voorzien door een Commissie van Nederlandsche geleerden.

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Date:
1939-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek / uitgegeven, geïllustreerd en van aanteekeningen voorzien door een Commissie van Nederlandsche geleerden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But considering that the diameter of the tube used by me was not three but fifty, nay, a hundred, and that many thousands of globules of the brain take up only a small space, the changed and impaired particles, which mostly stick to the glass tube, do not prevent the observation of the globules of the brain. I shall be obliged to you for sending me the objections raised to my observations, that I may forward my further observations to your address. But please to remember who I am and to take my opinions for what they are worth. I have always intended to stand by my speculations and my considerations till I should be better instructed or more experienced and then to abandon my previous opinions and to accept my latest views and put them down in writing. I would have answered your welcome letter before, but I was anxious to send you my observations about the visual nerve, which has caused a delay. My greetings to yourself and the Curious. I remain, Your obedient servant Antonj Leeuwenhoeck.] o