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which has already received a great degree of Virtue by 
Communication 5 all fuch Bodies, I fay, placed in any 
curve Line, conne&ing the exterior Wire, and that 
Part of the Bottle which is below the Surface of the 
Water, acquire Electricity, without being placed upon 
Refin, Silk, Glafs, or the like. 
Thus one may give a violent Concuffion in both 
the Arms to 200 Men all at once, who holding 
each other by the Hand, fo form the Curve juft 
mention’d, when the firft holds the Bottle, and the 
laft touches the Wire with the End of his Finger; 
and this, whether thefe Ferfons a&ualiy touch each 
other’s Hands, or whether they are connected by 
iron Chains, that either dip in Water, or drag upon 
the Ground 5 whether they are all mounted on Cakes 
of Refin, or whether they only ftand on the Floor 5 
in all which Cafes the Experiment equally fucceeds. 
Electricity has in this Manner been carried 
through a Wire of the Length of 2000 Toifes, that 
is to fay, of about a Taris League, or near two 
English Miles and a half, tho’ Part of the Wire 
dragged upon wet Grafs, went over Charmil Hedges 
or Palifades, and over Ground newly ploughed up. 
Thirdly, the Water of the Bafon in the Thuilk - 
ries, whofe Surface is about an Acre, has been elec- 
trified in the following Manner: There was flretched 
round half the Circumference of the Bafon an iron 
Chain, which was intirely out of the Water: The 
two Extremities of this Chain anfwer’d to thofe of 
one of the Diameters of the Odtogon : An Obferver, 
placed at one of thefe Extremities, held the Chain with 
His left Hand, and dipped his right at the fame time 
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