Spreading of charge on varnished plates 243 



E. 5 closed in about 2". 

 E. 4 did not close in \ min. 



498] Order in which the elect, spread. 



N E 



6 rosin & verm, last done 

 8 in soft cem. 



5&3 



(Varnished with ros. last 

 I done and hard cem. 

 ( rosin alone, 2 I st 



' 1 rosin and verm. I st 



4 soft cement 



6 rosin and verm, last done 



5 hard cem. 



8 rosin last done 



1 rosin alone 



2 & 3 ros. and verm. I st ros. alone I st 



4-21 of the lac varnish contains 12 gra. of lac. 

 Th. Nov. Th. 58. Com. - 13. N. ig. 



N. 8 in soft cem. closed almost immed. sep. again in 3 or 4". 



E. 4 in D did not quite close in J min. 



E. 8 in ros. closed and sep. again almost immed. 



E. 6 ros. and verm, closed and sep. wide immed. 



N. 5 ros. more so. 



N. 6 ros. & verm, same as E. 6. 



Th. Nov. Th. 58. Com. - 7. N. 21. 



E. 4 at first approached a little nearer, afterwards did not. 



N. 8 closed and sep. again in about 3". 



E. 2 Lac and verm, closed and sep. wide immed. 



E. 3 Lac. not so soon. 



N. 2 Lac and verm, rather quicker. 



N. i Lac. D. 



E. i not varn. closed in about 8". 



N. 4 closed and sep. again in about 2". 



499] Sat. Nov. E. 8 & N. 5 were varnished with ros. & E. 6 & N. 6 



were varnished with 8 parts of solut. rosin & 3 of vermilion. They were after- 

 wards baked over boiling water for about 2 hours, the heat between 115 & 120. 



Sun. Nov. E. i & N. 4 were varnished with 6-0 of thick solut. 



lac, 3-3 of verm. & 19 of sp' 8 , and E. 2 & N. i were varnished with 6-0 of solut. 

 lac, 4-16 of verm. & 9 of sp" 1 . The quantity of this last mixture spread on the 

 glasses was 8-0. 



Mon. Nov. 16 [1772]. Th. 52. Com. n. N. igj. 

 N. i closed in i or 2", sep. again in about 4. 

 E. 2 did not quite close in min. 

 E. i nearly the same. 

 N. 4 nearly the same as N. i. 

 E. 6 closed and sep. again immed. 

 N. 6 do. 



N. 5 not quite so soon. 

 E. 8 closed and sep. again in about 3". 



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