the CalamaryV Milt- Veffels. 



of thofe. Now in the Hypothefis, 

 that what has been hitherto taken 

 for Animalcules are only Machines, 

 exerting themfelves, as they do at 

 different Times, in different Cir- 

 cumftances, as the feveral Qbftacles 

 which impede their Action are re- 

 moved, let us fuppofe, that Ten 

 thoufand of them, which is an Ob- 

 ject of fufficient Consideration in fo 

 much Confufion to induce us to 

 pronounce the whole Alive, act and 

 exert themfelves together, and that 

 the Operation is not finished, as in 

 the Milt- Veffels of the Calamary, in 

 lefs than the Space of thirty Seconds, 

 or thereabouts ; I fay, if we fuppofe 

 all this, as there is a continued Suc- 

 ceffion, the whole Scene of Action 

 will not be finiflied under lixteen 

 Hours, and the fuppofe d Animal- 

 cules will appear to die fucceffively, 

 as they have been obferved to do 

 in. lefs Time than the Space align- 

 ed, when the fame Portion of Se- 

 men has been under Infpection for 

 a long Time. If this is not the 

 Cafe, 'tis hard to fay, why living 

 Animalcules fhould not be found in 



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