lOMCDdofdatBM 

 ., and Mr Read was then* 



iooLJer in that end. The electricity 



while in the other ead of the school, 

 liitrr'- pariour k was positive. Fn 

 Mr ' 



ELECTRICITY. 481 



was never free of drttheekcttiertyoftheair washalf asgreatas thatof a 



"tf wax 2 inches long. When he grasped the ' _^ "__ 



to work hi* 



i in the saMMs* 



wire firmly 



^?g -J 



tr . *: m - * . 



at the 



infected with 

 k always 

 the aor- 

 See the 

 1794, voL Ixxxiv. p. 266. 



did not reappear tiD after an interval of 3 

 With the view of. 

 , he added 



, Ac. supported by 

 the electricity had 



of inn, tin plates, gOt 

 ; Wt he did not fa 



MBffcv ^Vhfli he DOW 

 ryi. lab hand, k did not retan 

 terral than before. The Abbe 

 electricity of the 



.__ ^ _ __*_ __ 



SBCT. X. Oa tfe Electricity oftJx Atmotphere. 



in the at- sed wkfa 

 towhich fi 



of wind, which 

 day., * 

 to place the 



pradnaed by the 

 In the driest 



arv 



tfa* am. folbe 

 the tkywa. 



3. OB the electricity 



.a.erydry 



me. hofj,d 



heat of the SM intense, be 



he had over observed it. 

 at the distance of 10 or 12 



of the 



bo by Mr Kinnerdey. He 

 that when the air was very dry, it always 



. atGeaBaBmenLay, and WOM laid be- eseetneaty, and be rendered tbk 

 mrof Science, in 1752. Hk apparata ieatrirjing hkasslf negatJTery, aad a*andaasrhk 

 poie 92 feet niA moisted in the middle ka the air wben it was dark, with a 



f tarf. At ks 



to the psiM of 



ly perceptible, totbreear fear o'clock in the af- Sdly, When the weather was mout, 



ienk was atrongest. and that k afterwards gtav mmn. The eJectrieky was always 



inkhed till the dl of the dew, when it again dear ^y and calm weather; and in rai 



and afterward, diarinkhed till it became al- out lightnin, the eiectridt alwas 



I by the Ab& 

 in the month, of 

 rnnaiatrJ of an iron wire 

 1 to dbeia*t of &0 feet 



bar was dear and windy. . Wbea the tkv was 



when it vered with slow moving, distinct, and bbekdonds; and 



and not actaafly 



rainy weather, with- 



lightning, the dectrichy always appeared a Kttk 



Tbk dJamal period was whi>efatbe rain M. and when ASTraa wat ac- 

 * and Beccana. tnaBy ranaig, bx at disappeared a short time before tha 



at the Chateau de Mainte. atronger, when bk rada reached higher 



and Jury. Hk appara- and when hk electrical kke> iew to the gr 



STO feet long, Intalated strings ertmdad in the open air acquired a 



theborison. It was decree of electricity which niia.nl with the length. 



a very high room in tfat eartle, Having extended acroM the river Po a cord 1500 V, 

 6 feet lone, and feet in lewth, he 



fato tbeab-, 



I to a aft eard 6 feet long, 

 i tbk to the steeple of the town, w 



it was fixed to another silk cord 8 feet long, and pro. had been da 

 tected from rain. A large key was iban aasptndid at The ntost 

 dtt and eTtokwrnv to MM** el 

 Fro, the nth of Jn>. when bis 



length,hefaMdkasi 

 a shower, 



attanders 



apherica] electricity was made by M. de 

 The neneral ressnts which he obtained are highly io- 

 and though they are not given by turn a* 





r, as a rod of i 



ve* every dav, from the rising of the can to 7 or completely fstabliahrH, yet they are wefl worthy of the 



**** Vg* .'"* "? bnap weather, attetrtion of ph^opher.. He fo~d tlaBt the electricity VW 



w "** " mnK'stiMis of elccincrty apnaaaad. When tfae f fhr slasiMplmi varied with tbr aJraatioo, It was e- * 



Ararat, wasdry, ainate badies were attracted by the nerally strongest in place, the nwt eftvated and in- **** 



then- dktaoce was not greater than three or aolatad. It was imperceptible under trees, in tfae 



fenr fines, and be always feaod in weather not ttan^r ttreett, in cvnrts, and in general in any indoied place. 

 TOU no. rAr n. 



