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Water. A Piece of ftrong Wire about 5 Inches 
long, with an Eye at each End, was provided, and 
at each End of this hung one of the Phials of Wa- 
ter by the fmall Staple running through the Cork. 
A Email Wire Loop then was fatten'd into the Lead 
at the Bottom of each Phial, and into thefe Loops 
was inferted a Piece of ftrong Wire like the former. 
If then £hefe Phials were hung acrofs the Gun-barrel 
and ele&rified, and a Perfon handing upon the Floor 
touched the bottom Wire with one Hand, and the 
Gun-barrel with the other, he received a molt vio- 
lent Shock through both his Arms, and acrofs his 
Breaft. 
29. Thefe Phials may be concealed, and the Shock 
be niore univerfal, in the following manner: The 
Phials may be placed in a Corner of the Room, and 
any thing laid over them, fo as not to touch the 
upper Wires j then a very fine Wire mutt be fuf- 
pended to the Gun-barrel, and fatten'd to the upper 
ftrong Wire. A fecond Piece of fmall Wire, of a 
fufficient Length to reach from the Phials almoft 
under the Gun-barrel, mutt be fattened to the lower 
ftrong Wire, and this may be conceal'd under a 
Floor cloth. The Phials then are electrified 5 and if 
a Perfon, placing his Foot upon the Floor-cloth 
over the Wire which comes from the Bottom of 
the Phials, touches the Gun barrel, he receives a 
moft terrible Shock. The firft time I experiencec} 
it, was when the Phials were fully ele&rified, and 
both my Feet were placed upon the Wire. Upon 
receiving the Stroke from the Gun-barrel upon my 
Finger, it feemed to me, ufed as I am to thefe 
Trials, as though my Arm were ftruck off at my 
Shoulder* 
