128 JDr. Per chill on the different ^antities 



a great quantity of diffolved water, ftriking 

 againft, attaching to itfclf, and carrying down 

 with it, fuch particles of that diflblved water, as 

 happen to be in its way; or attracting to itfelf 

 fuch as do not lie diredly in its courfe, by its 

 different ftate with regard either to common or 

 eledric fire; or by all thefe caufes united. 



In the firft cafe, by the uniting of numbers, 



larger drops might be made, but the quantity 



falling in the fame fpace would be the fame 



at all heights ; unlefs, as you mention, the 



whole {hould be contra6led in falling, the lines 



defcribed by all the drops converging, fo that 



what fet out to fall from a cloud of many 



thoufand acres, (hould reach the earth in perhaps 



a third of that extent, of which I fomewhat doubt. 



In the other cafes we have two experiments. 



I. A dry glafs bottle, filled with very cold 



water, in a warm day, will prefently colleft 



from the feemingly dry air that furrounds it, 



a quantity of water tiiat fhall cover its furface 



and run down its fides, which perhaps is done 



by the power wherewith the cold water attra(5ls 



the fluid, common fire that had been united 



with the diffolved water in the air, and drawing 



than fire through the glafs into itfelf, leaves 



the water on the outfide. 



1. An electrified body left in a room for 

 fome time, will be more covered with duft than 

 other bodies in the fame room not electrified, 



which 



