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The Sparks that proceed from the Body of a Man, 
made eleCtrical, kindle Spirits as quick as rhofe from 
ele&rified Metal, whether the Body of the Man is 
rendered elcCtric immediately by the Glafs Tube, or 
by the intermediate Tube of Tin. 
I made this Experiment with Succefs upon myfelf, 
before his Excellency Count Manteufet , at his Houfe, 
about the middle of laft May , in the Prefence of Pro- 
felfor Chrijlian Wolf, of Hall, and many others. 
Neither myfelf, nor any of the Company, knew, at 
that time, that the eleCtric Sparks, from the Body of 
a Man, were capable of kindling Spirits; but, upon 
feeing the Quinta Ejfentia vegetabilis kindled with 
extraordinary Quicknefs, by the Sparks proceeding 
from an Iron Tube that was rufty, one of the Com- 
pany {farted the Queftion, Whether the Sparks, from 
the Body of a Man, might not poffibly do the fame? 
Upon which I immediatly ftept on to a Frame, over 
which blue filken Lines were extended : I took hold 
with one Hand of the rufty Iron Tube, and held the 
Fingers of the other over feme of the Quinta Ef- 
fentia ; and the Sparks from my Fingers immediately 
ftruck with fuch Violence into the Elver Spoon that 
held it, that the Eflence was in a Moment fet all in 
a Flame. 
This Experiment, fo unexpected, gave the greateft 
Satisfaction to all the Company ; and an Account of 
it was published jin the Leipfic Gazette of the 21ft 
of May ; where it was aifo mention’d, that divers 
other Experiments, with the Sparks of electrified 
Mcral, had already been made both at Hantzic, and 
at Berlin . 
Dead Fowls, Pork, and Veal, both raw and drefl:, 
may be made eleCtric by a Tin Tube, or by the 
Hand 
