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iearn* that Bodies that are neither of 

 them apart obferved to be endowed 

 with Ele&ricity, may have that Ver-> 

 tue refult in the compounded fub- 

 ftance that they conftitute, though 

 it be but a fa&itious Body. 



To the foregoing Experiments, 

 whofe Succefs is wont to be uniform 

 enough^ I (hall adde the Recital of a 

 furprifing Vh&nommon^ which 3 though 

 pot conftant , may help to make it 

 probable* that Ele&rical Attra&ions 

 need not be fuppos'd ftill to pro- 

 ceed from the fubftantial , or even 

 from the efTential Form of the At- 

 trahent $ but may be the effe&s of 

 unheeded 3 and, as it were, fortui- 

 tous Caufes. And however, I dare 

 not fupprefs fo ftrange an Obferva- 

 tion, and therefore (hall relate that 

 which I had the ldck to make of an 

 odd fort of Eleftrical Attra&ion (as 

 it feem'd,) not taken notice of (that 

 I know of) by any either Naturalift 

 or other Writer, and it is this. 



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