— Lightning on two Houfes in Philadelphia. 251 
ably, been for fome time, it would by no means anfwer the end 
of putting it up. That a conductor on each corner, or on 
each chimney of a houfe, efpecially if of any fize, is neceflary, 
to guard it compleatly. 
A... LE E... 
P. S. Suppofing that the fluid came to the uppermoft crank 
of the wire, at d, ‘firft, it "would feem that it did not part with 
that wire, in any portion, to go to the other, which ran clofe 
to it, and entered through the fame holes ; nor even to that 
which goes into:the parlour, arid is attached to it, but kept to 
the fame wire till it ended; which is conformable to what we 
fce in experiment. 
- A fection of Dr. Shippen’s houfe, which muft be fuppofed to be 
that of the upper parts at the ceiling, in order to underftand 
the courfe of the bell-wires, and the paífage of the electri- 
cal fluid. 
a, The bell in the kitchen, which aniwers to the es. 
and dining-room, by the wire which pierces the kitchen wall 
at d, and runs outfide of the paflage wall to that of the dining- 
room, which it pierces at e, and is continued to the chimney, 
ending at f.— The portions of it, between o p, and ® ^s having 
- been melted by the eledrical matter. | 
$, The bell which anfwers to the front door : ut the wire 
was broken at 4, and hung down upon the wall, ending in a 
collat £. The bell 4, is alineated with the bell, and much 
nearer to it than the third. 
c, The bell which anfwers to the bed-chambers up ftairs, by | 
the faint dotted line, which pierces the wall with the II. ; 
Hh2a runs 
