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Journal of Experiments , February, 1773 



The blighted heavy straw 



closed in 



fair 



On straw 



25" 

 10 



On ball 



I . 30" 

 not near closed in 2' 



566] After the additional wire had been taken from the heavy electrometer, 

 the two electrometers were electrified and compared together without the 

 process of communicating the electricity from one globe to the other, when 

 they stood as follows. 



Heavy straw electrometer 

 without additions 



17 

 15 

 13 

 12 



If globe 2 was electrified till D electrometer separated to 17, on com- 

 municating electricity to globe 3 it separated to gj. 



The light straw electrometer was then placed instead of the paper electro- 

 meter, and a paper with divisions placed behind it. It was found that when 



