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four Inches Diameter, and one Inch deep. Then the 
Stand was fet on a Cake of Rofin, or a Plate of 
Glafs, or the Brims of a Drinking-Glafs, or of a 
Cylindrick one, fuch as are ufed for Water Glalfes. 
The Glafs muli be firft warmed, then the Difh being 
filled with Water, the Tube rubbed, and moved both 
under the Difh and over the Water three or four times, 
without touching them. After it has been excited, 
not only the Difh, but the Water alfo, becomes Elec- 
trical ; and if a finall Piece of Thread, or a narrow 
Slip of thin Paper, or a Piece of Sheet-Brafs, com- 
monly called Tinfel, be held over the Water in an 
horizontal Pofition, within about an Inch or fome 
times more, any of the faid Bodies will be attra&ed 
to the Surface of the Water, and be repelled, but not 
fo often as by Solids. If a pendulous Thread be held 
at fome Diftance from the outfide of the Difh, it will 
be attracted and repelled by it many times together 
with a very quick Motion, but not at fo great a Di- 
ftance as when the Difh is empty. 
II. An Experiment Jhew'tng, that Water is attract- 
ed by the fube, and that the Attraction is at- 
tended 'with fever al remarkable and furprifing 
Phenomena. 
This Experiment being to be made with final 1 
Quantities of Water, I at firft made ufe of fome &C 
the Brafs Concave little Difhes in which I formerly 
ground Microfcopes ; but have fince caufed to be made 
a more convenient Apparatus, which confifts of a fmall 
Pedeftal of about four Inches and a half long, the Bale 
of Ivory about two Inches Diameter. Upon the up- 
per End, as in the larger Stand, there is a Screw, up- 
on 
