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ANIMALCULA OF INFUSIOMS. 2^^ 



* fecohd fpecies fliould fupport heat much longer than 



* thofe of the firft. Bat jufl: ihx Tcverfe has happened. 



* The fmalleft animalcula perijfhcd at 106" ; and thofe of 



* coloflal fize, only when the thermometer rofe to 140^ 



* and 142°. We muft remark that animalcula fupport- 



* ing heat fo great are very rare. 



* If animalcula are compared with frogs, It is at once 



* evident, that thefe are compofed of matter infinitely 



* more denfe and heterogeneous. Notv/ithftanding fo dif- 



* proportionate a difference, however, frogs fupport a de • 



* gree of heat far greater tJian what is fatal to animalcu- 

 « la.' 



Thefe fads appeared to fatisfy M. Bonnet ; and he re* 

 plied with that candour and indifference for his oplnionsj 

 which are almofl peculiar to him, and fo defirable m 

 Jnoft of the literary world. 



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