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additional Globe was very confiderable. The firft 
was, when two Pewter Plates were held, one in the 
Hand of an electrified Man, and the other by one 
Handing upon the Floor : When thefe Plates were 
brought near each other, the Flaihes of perfe&ly 
pure and bright Flame were lb large, and fucceeded 
each other fo fall, that, when the Room was dark- 
en'd, I could diflinftly fee the Faces of thirteen Peo- 
ple, who flood round the Room. The other was 
from a Piece of large blunt Wire hanging to the 
Gun- barrel j from the End of which, when electri- 
fied, and any black * Non eleftric unexcited was 
brought near, though not near enough to caufe a 
f Snap, a Brufh of blue lambent Flame, totally diffe- 
rent from the former, was very confpicuous when 
the Room was dark, of more than an Inch long 
and an Inch thick. I mention that what is held 
near the Bottom of the Wire lhould be black, be- 
caufe then you fee this Flame more fharp. Here 5 the 
phofphoreal Smell might be perceived at a confidera- 
ble Difiance. If the Back of your Hand was brought 
fo near this Wire as to occafion a Snap, and thefe 
Snaps were received for fame time, you would feel 
them 
* In the Courfe of thefe Obfervations, whenever I mention either 
Qriginally-electrics or Non-electrics, I always underftand the whole 
Genus of each. Thus when I mention a Man placed upon Originally- 
electrics, I am indifferent whether he is fufpended either in Lines 
of dry Silk, Hair, or Wool ; or (which is much more convenient) 
if he ftands upon Glafs, Wax, Refin, Pitch, Sulphur, cffc. or upon 
different Mixtures of thefe, if of a fufficient Thicknefs. As we are 
now Mafters of a greater electrical Power than heretofore, I have, 
found the Electricity pervade, tho’ in very fmall Quantity, Ori- 
ginally-electrics of above four Inches Diameter. 
