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Gilbert delivers as his Experiment, 

 That an Ele&ric, though duly exci- 

 ted and applied, will not move the 

 flame of the flendereft Candle. 

 Which fome will think not fo eafie 

 to be well tried with common E- 

 le&ricks, as Amber, hard Wax, Sul- 

 phur, and the like un&uous Con- 

 cretes , that very eafily take fire: 

 Therefore I chofe to make xny Tri- 

 al with a rough Diamond extraor- 

 dinarily attractive , which I could, 

 without injuring ft, hold as near as 

 I pleas'd to the flame of a Candle or 

 Taper } and though I was not fatis- 

 fid that it did either attraft the flame, 

 as it vifibly did the fmoak, or mani- 

 feftly agitate it 5 yet granting that 

 Gilbert's Affertion will conftantly 

 hold true^ and fo, that flame is to be 

 excepted from the general Rule, yet 

 this exception may well comport 

 with the Hypothecs hitherto counte- 

 nanced, fince it may be faid, as 'tis, 

 if I miftake not, by Kir^erus , that 

 the heat of the flaale ditiipates the 

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