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Experiments relating to :^ery III. 
Inft^ad of the iaft Supporter of Cat-gut near the 
fulpended Body, I made ufe of the following Sub- 
ftances -ftxetch'd from Chair to Chair; and then the 
Thread hanging <3jn the , Stich w^as not at all attiafled 
by the hjfpended :lye»y Ball, which I made ufe of in 
all the Ejcperlrnents jto try the Supporters. 
I. A Hempen Rope. 2. A fmall Packthread. 
A drawn Sword. 4. A Sword in the Scabbard. 5. 
The Scabbard without the Sword., < 5 ., A twihed 
Cotton Thread. 7. Tape made of Thread. 8. 
Bars, Tubes and Wites of Copper, Brafs, Iron and 
Lead. p. White Paper and brown. 10, A moift 
Thong of Sheep-Skin. 1 1. Celeri. 12. Leeks. 
13. Fir-wood. 14. A Cane. 15. A Piece of black 
Thorn. 16.' The fame Rufhes that had before re- 
ceiv’d the Electricity when fufpended. 17. A Spunge 
dry. 18. White 'Thread, ip. Hay. 20. A Mar- 
ble Slab. 
AT. B. Such Bodies as were too fhort to reach from 
Chair to Chair, were lengthen’d out by Pieces of 
Packthread at each End. 
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Experiments relating to ^tery IV. 
The Cat-gut Supporters, and all the others men- 
tion’d in the Experiments to ^ery III. which tranf- 
itikted. the EleJlricIty,- attra^ed the Thread of the 
Stick hear the conducing Packthread^ but not fo far 
as tlte Chairs to which the faid Supporters were 
faftehd. . 
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