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Packthreads, became EleCtrical. An Umbrello, fuf- 
pended by a Packthread tied to the Handle of it, be- 
came ftrongiy Electrical. 
An Experiment propofed by Mr. Wheler, to fee whe- 
ther the Ele Brick Fertue would be any Way 
kindred by the magnetical Effluvia of a Load- 
Jlone. 
This had a fmall Key hung by one of its arming 
Irons, and the Stone, together with the Key hung to 
it, were fufpended on the Tube by a Packthread ; 
then the T ube being rubbed, the Key and Stone both 
attracted the Leaf-Brafs, the Attraction being the fame 
as that of other Bodies. 
An Experiment made to few that the Ele Brick 
Fertue is carried fever al Ways at the fame 7 tme t 
and may be conveyed to confderable Diftances. 
There was made three Stands, each compofed of 
two upright Pieces of Fir, fixed perpendicular, near 
the Ends of a long fquare Board, diftant from each 
other near a Foot and a half. Upon the Tops of thefe 
were tied Threads of Silk to fupport the Lines of Com- 
munication with the Tube and the attracting Bodies. 
One of thefe Stands was placed in the great Parlour, 
near the farther End j another in the little Parlour, and 
a third in the Hall, which was between the two Par- 
lours : As the other two were one of them to the right, 
the other to the left Hand, this lad was placed near 
the Hall-Window forwards ; the two firfl were about 
fifty Feet, the other about twenty Feet from the Place 
where 
