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revolving Wheels, as they appeai'd to Others as well as 
my felf ^ becaufe I have difcover'd feveral Animalcula 
that thruCt out two Wheels out of the fore part of the 
Body as they fwim, or march on the fides of the Glafs 5 
one of which \ caas d to be defcribd by Fig. 5, V W X. 
This fort of Animalcula I found in great numbers in 
the Gutter-water in Sunamer, which had ftagnated fome 
days in the fmall Pits or Cavities oi the Lead. Thefe 
Animalcula are gradually lefs and lefs, fo fir that 50 fmall 
ones are not fo large as one great one, or full grown Ani- 
malculum, that was big with youngs 
In OUoh. 1702. Icaufed the Filth or Dirt of the Gut- 
ters (when there was no Water there, and the Dirt was 
quite dry ) to be gathered together, and took" about a 
Tea-cupful of the fame, and put it into a Paper upon my 
Desk 5 fince which time i have often taken a little there- 
of and pour'd upon it boyl d Water fifter it had ftood till 
it v/as cold, to the end that! might obviate any objefti- 
on that fhould be made, as if there were living Creatures 
in that Water. 
Thefe Animalcula when the Water runs off them, or 
driesaway, contrad their Bodies irKo a Globular or Oval 
Figure. 
After fhat the abovemention d Dry fubftance had lain 
near 2 1 moaths in the Paperj 1 put into a Glafs Tube of 
an inch Diameter the remainder of what I had by me, 
and pour d upon it boyFd Rain Water, after it was almoft 
cold, and then immediately vievv'd the fmalleft partsofit, 
particularly that which fubfided Icifurely to the bottom, 
and pbfcrv'd a great many round Parti<;les, moft of w^hich 
WTre reddiih, and ihey were certainly Anioiiilcula 5 and 
fonrie hours after I difcover'd a few that h.id open'd or on- 
folded their Bodies, fvvimming thro' the Water, and a 
great many others that had not unfolded themftrves were 
funk to the bottom, fome of which had little holes in 
their Bodies 5 from whence I concluded that the little 
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