Cwl 
and its EleBricsty is trkd fy d Thredi appBeS 
near it^ \ 
\ ';:h E'X' P E R r M^E iT r 'll. ' . 
A Condui^fcing String of Cat-gut receiv’d the EIe<^-r^. 
city a little way j but did not carry k qjuite to tlve. 
Tube. 
Experiment III. 
Two conducing Strings, one of Gat-gut, and one 
of Packthread, compar’d, the fiift attra^ied lefs .and 
Ic fs, as' the Diftance f tomf tl*i!e Tube increas’d j and 
the other more and more, till it was ffrongeft' at the 
fufpendcd Body : But both ceas’d immediately after 
the Removal of the Tube. 
Experiment IV'. 
A Sealing-Wax Supporter tranfmittecf the Eledri^ 
city, but did receive little or none when fufpended. 
If it was but juft rubb’d with the Hand, it attracted 
the Thread when firft ftifpended j and ftrongly, if much 
lubbd 5 but that Virtue was foon.Joft, if th-e Tube 
was applyd to the conduding String, and then it 
would receive no more Electricity from the' Tube. 
If the Stick of Wax was wet, then it would ftrongly 
receive the EleCtricity. 
A Wax Supporter wet, and Silk String wet, did not 
tranfmit the Elcdriciry. 
Experiment V. 
Dried Ox-Gurs did not tranfmit Elcdricity when 
held in Hand j but when tied to Cat-gut, tranfmitted 
j»t; and, whenTufpended, received it plentihjlly* 
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