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tfra&ion fhould be perform'd. To 

 which I (hall adde, that poffibly the 

 Celerity of the motion of the Flame 

 upwards, may render it very diffi- 

 cult for the Electrical Emanations 

 to divert the Flame from its Courfe. 



10. We have found by Experi- 

 ment, That a vigorous and well ex- 

 cited piece of Amber will draw, not 

 onely the powder of Amber, but 

 lefs minute fragments of it. And as 

 in many cafes one contrary dire&s to 

 another, fo this Trial fuggefted a 

 further^ which^ in cafe of good fuc- 

 cefs, would probably argue, that in 

 Ele&rical Attra&ion not oneiy Efflu- 

 via are emitted by the Ele&rical bo- 

 dy, but rhefe Effluvia faften upon 

 the body to be drawn , and that in 

 fuch a way> that the intervening vif- 

 cous ftrings, which may be fuppofed 

 to be made up of thofe cohering Ef- 

 fluvidyare, when their agitation cea- 

 fes, contradedor made to (brink in- 

 wards towards both ends, almoft as a 

 highly fcretch'd Lute-ftring does 

 when "lis permitted to retreat into 

 B 2 fhorter 



