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Gjh/ere, Whether the Knives and Forks lying in 
fuch a Pofition, and being violently heated by the 
Lightning, might not, as they cool'd, ftrongly im- 
bibe this magnetickVirtue ; fince a Bar of Iron heated 
and placed in a certain Dire&ion to cool, will fooner 
imbibe this Power than in the lame Diredtion cold ? 
Qutere, The Polarity of the Compals has been 
alter’d by Lightning, as it is to be feen in the ‘Philo - 
fophical TranfaUtums : Now how Ihould Lightning 
be capable of communicating liich a Power in this 
Cafe, fince it is plain that it has taken it away in 
another ? 
FINIS. 
LONDON: 
Printed by W. Innys and R.Manbv, Printers 
to the Royal Societ y, at theWe fl End of St. Pauls. 
MDCCXXXVI. -1 
