AFFINITATE GENERATIM. 9 



nehem. grewius k), rich. meadius /), aliique m) feqnuntur. 

 Ipfam autem rerum feriem fkpe , quoad certas partes tantum , 

 fchemate aliquo, quae Scala Naturze haudinepte vocatur, ob 

 oculos ponere varii alii allaborarunt, aut faltem gradus inter- 

 mediasque formas curiofe obfervarunt; in quo quid prasftiterint 



GODOFR. GUIL LEH3NITIUS tl) , ANTON. VALLISNIERIUS o), RICH. 



^) NEHEM. GREW. in prafat. Mitfei regii Greshamenfis , rectius juxta 

 gradus, quibus humanse formse appropinquant, animalia collocanda 

 .eife , & altse indaginis rem efle Scalam Naturae judicat. " Being bet- 

 „ter placed according to the degrees of their approximation to hu- 

 „ mane fhape , and one to another: and fo other things, according 

 „ to their nature. — The very Scale of the creatures , is a matter of 

 „ high fpeculation." 



/) mead de Venenis. Introduci. p. 4. "Ea eft mundi fabrica, ut in ma- 

 „ gnam omnia catenam juncta fint , omnia ad fe mutuo relata , ad 

 „ cujus quidem catense fingulas particulas nondum noftra fcientia 

 „ diffunditur." 



m) e. g. Auclor libelli Anglici cui titulus : An EJfay on comparative Ana- 

 tomy. Lond. 1744. Introdudt. p. 4. f . Etiam in promptuario Dres- 

 denfi T. 1. p. 1 — 7. & p. 125. compertum habemus reperiri cogi- 

 tationes de rerum creatarum gradatione : Gedancfyen iiber das flufen- 

 m&fige Steigen tind Falfea der erfchaffenen Dinge : qui liber autemnunc 

 non eft ad manus. — steph. lumnizeri difTertationem de rerum 

 naturalium adftnitatibus Pofonii 1777. 8. legi , fed quod ad rem 

 meam faciat, in ea haud reperi. 



ii) Appel au public du jugement de t Academie Royale de Berlin fur un 

 fragment de lettre cite par Mr. Kmiig. Leyde. 1752. ubi inventionem 

 hydrse (Locwenhoeckio quidem jam cognitse) quafi prsefagiit. 



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