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would be carried down perpendicular, from thence to 
the Ground. 
June the 30th, 1719, I went- to Otter den-T lace, 
to wait on Mr. Wheler ■, carrying with me a fmall fo- 
lid GlafsCane of about eleven Inches long, and feven 
eighth Parts of an Inch in Diameter, with fome other 
requifite Materials, defigning only to give Mr. Wheler 
a Specimen of my Experiments. The firft was from 
the Window in the Long Gallery that opened into the 
Hall, the Hight about fixteen Feet ; the next from the 
Battlements of the Houfe down into the fore Court, 
twenty-nine Feet ; then from the Clock-Turret to the 
Ground, which was thirty-four Feet, this being the 
greateft Hight we could come at } and notwithftanding 
the Smallnefs of the Cane, the Leaf-Brafs was attraded 
and repelled beyond what I expeded. As we had no 
greater Hights here, Mr. Wheler was defirous to try 
whether we could not carry the Eledrick Vertue hori- 
zontally. I then told him of the Attempt I had made 
with that Defign, but without Succefs, telling him the 
Method and Materials made ufe of, as mentioned above... 
He then propofed a Silk Line to fupport the Line, by 
which the Eledrick Vertue was to pafs. I told him it 
might do better upon the Account of its Smallnefs ; fo 
that there would be lefs Vertue carried from the Line of 
Communication, with which, together with the apt 
Method Mr. Wheler contrived, and with the great 
Pains he took himfelf,. and the Affiftance of his Ser- 
vant?, we fucceeded far beyond our Expedition. 
The firft Experiment was made in the matted Gallery 
July z, 1719, about Ten in the Morning. About four 
Feet 
