32 2. 
Artificial things. 
Artificial things, 
T H E point of an exceeding fmall needle appeared?, 
when greatly magnified, like fig. 565. neither round 
nor flat, but very irregular, and though to the naked eye it 
was very fmooth and {harp, yet, upon this examination, 
it appeared to be full of holes * and fcratches; fo unac- 
curate is human art in all its productions, even in thefe 
which feem to be the moft neat, that if examined with 
an organ more accurate than that by which they were 
made, the more we fee of theiF fbape, the lefs appearance 
will there be of their beauty; whereas in the works of 
nature, the deepeft difcoveries {hew us the greateft ex¬ 
cellencies ; for in the fting of a gnat, or a bee, the pro- 
bofcis of a butterfly, or flea, they appear, when examined' 
by the microfcope, to be formed with the moft furprifing 
beauty, exquifite workmanfhip, and an exadl regularity 
of, and likenefs in parts is preferved in each particular of 
every fpecies; an evident argument, that he who was-, 
and is the author of all thefe things, is no other than 
Omnipotent j being able to include as great a variety of 
parts and contrivances in the moft minute point, as in 
the largeft body. 
Fig. 566. reprefents a very fmall dot, tittle, or point, 
that is generally the mark of a full flop or period. Amongft 
multitudes that were obferved by the microfcope, few 
could be found fo round and even as this here delineated r , 
but when greatly magnified, it appeared to be rough, 
jagged, and uneven all about its edges, and very far from 
being truly round, as at fig. 567. the moft curious and 
fmoothly 
q Hook’s Mic. p. 2. • Hook’s Mic. p. 2. 
