When Leeuwenhoek sent a 17 - and - a-half-page letter to the Royal Society describing his discovery of animalcules for publication in the new, and first, scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, it was met with such skepticism that even Hooke thought it was a delusion. (discovermagazine.com)
Strange, that it seems more, not less, urgent to play some part in this struggle, this brief effort of animalcules striving to win for their race some increase of lucidity before the ultimate darkness. (religion-online.org)
He was astonished to see, for the first time, the presence of animalcules on his teeth and gums. (discovermagazine.com)