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ccntrnry to the Pole that touched it. I again touched the 
fame Wire, and others too wich the other Pole of the 
Magner, from the fame efid, and then that end turned the 
ccntrary way. E.G. Mark one end of a Wire for the 
North-end, and Touch that Wire, by drawing the N. Pole 
of the Magnet divers times along the Wire from the N. 
the S. end : This Wire fo touched (hall have a vigo- 
rous Verticity 5 but the North-end (hall ftand South. But 
if you touch that or another Wire, ( for it is all one, be- 
ca6fe the Latter deftroys the Former Touch 5 I fay, if you 
Touch ) by drawing the N-Pole ot the Magnet from the 
S. the N- end of the Wire, then this N-end will turn N. 
And fo k will do the fame, if you Touch with the South- 
ern Pole from the N. to the S. 
Laftly, There is one Experiment more doth yet give far- 
ther light into what goeth before, viz. I touched an Iron 
Wire exaftly in the middle with only one Pole of the 
Loadftone, without drawing it back^vards or forwards. 
The Event was, That in that place that Pole of the Wire 
was, and the two Ends were the contrary Pole ^f the 
Wire 5 and were accordingly Repelled or Attrafted by the 
Poles of the Loadftone ; And the Middle, and an inch or 
more on each fide was attrafted by the Pole only that 
Touched it. 
And now, if we refleft upon what ha'h been faid, and 
compare the foregoing Experiments one with another, they 
not only iiluftrate one another, but feem to lay open a fair 
way towards the difcovery of a great many of the intricate 
Vhanomerra of Magneticks. And therefore, befides the No- 
velty, their llfefulncfs may, 1 hope, render the(e Experi- 
ments and-'Obfervations acceptabJe to this Illuftrious So- 
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