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hung a Nail or Ring at the End of each of them : 
molt of them were try’d, and found to do the fame ; 
but little further Notice being taken of them at that 
Time, they were thrown afide as damag’d Goods. 
Some Difcourfe concerning the Effeds of Thun- 
der and Lightning happening to be the Subject of 
Converfion in a Company, where the Owner of thele 
Knives was not long ago, he told them what had 
happen’d at his Houle, and particularly to the 
Knives and Forks ; and being ask’d whether he had 
any of them left, laid that he had ; and upon try- 
al it was found that a good many of them were 
pollefs’d of this magnetick Virtue. 
Hearing of this, I went and found what was re- 
lated, and what I fent you an Account of before, 
ro be Fad-, and have now fent you a couple of 
Knives and Forks, one for yourfelf, another for the 
Royal Society. 
The Whittle-Knife, with the Box-Handle, is that 
which I would have you prefent to the Society ; 
’tis an excellent one, and one of the belt : 1 had 
thought to have kept it myfelf ; but if it will be ac- 
ceptable to that famous Body, it will be much more 
agreeable to me. They will perceive that it has 
been ufed pretty much j and the Owner’s Son, who 
gave it to me, told me, that he has made life of it 
for almoft a Year and an half to all manner of Pur- 
poles ; notwithllanding which it Hill retains the mag- 
netick Virtue to an extraordinary Degree. 
The Situation of the Room, Pofition of the Box 
and Knives, and Diredion of the Lightning, may 
pollibly contribute to a fuller Idea of the Matter : 
Ilhall 
