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Paper I fhall be as exaft as poffible, in philofo- 
phical Juftice. Whatever Experiments or Difcove- 
rks are to be aferibed to Mr. de Buffon, were the 
Refult of his Dire&ions, or jointly made with him, 
I fhall fo fpecify, that they may appear diftinguifh'd 
from all thofe others I made at home. The fourfirft 
Infufions, among them one of Almond-Germs care- 
fully pick’d out from between the two Lobes and 
Kernel, I mixed up at my own Lodgings, and then 
clos’d them in Phials with Corks. The Obfervations 
that occurr’d, were, firft, a Separation or Digeftion of 
the Parts of thefe Subftances, and a continual flying off 
of the moft volatile. Thefe offufeated my Glafles at 
every Inftant, and, according to the Mixtures, 
yielded a fetid or an agreeable Odour ; particularly 
that of the Almond-Germs, one ftrongly fpirituous. 
Eight Days after they had been infus’d, I began to 
perceive a languid Motion in fome of the Seed- Par- 
ticles, that before feemed dead 5 fuch as gave me 
Encouragement to profecute my Enquiry. It was 
vifible, that the Motion, tho’ it had then no one 
Chara&eriftic cf Spontaneity, yet fprung from an 
Effort of fomething teeming as it were within the 
Particle, and not from any Fermentation in the 
Liquid, or other extraneous Caufe. A diftinct 
Atom would often detach itfelf from others of 
the fame or lels Dimenfions; and whilft thefe 
others remained abfolutely unmov’d, advance pro- 
greilively for the Space of eight or ten of its own 
Diameters, or move in a little Orbit, then fall off 
languid, reft between two others, and detach it- 
felf again and again, with a Continuation of the 
the fame Phenomena. The Confequences of thefe 
were obvious, the Motion was not fpontaneousj 
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