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and once from the Finger of a fecond Perfon (land- 
ing upon Wax, communicating with the firft by- 
means of a Walking-cane held between their Arms 
extended. The horizontal Difance in this Cafe be- 
tween the glafs Tube and the Spirit was at lead ten 
Feet. 
You all know, that there is the repulfive Power 
of EleCtriciry, as well as the attractive; inafmuch as 
you are able, when a Feather, or fuch-like light Sub- 
fiance, is replete with Electricity, to drive it about 
a Room, which Way you pleafe. This repulfive 
Power continues, until either the Tube lofes its ex* 
cited Force, or the Feather attracts the Moifture from 
the Air, or comes near to fome non-eleCtric Sub- 
fiance ; if fo, the Feather is attracted by, and its Elec- 
tricity loft in, whatever Non-eleCtric it comes near. 
In electrified Bodies, you fee a perpetual Endeavour 
to get rid of their Electricity. This induced me to 
make the following Experiment. 
I placed a Man upon a Cake of Wax, who held 
in one of his Hands a Spoon with the warm Spirits, 
and in the other a Poker with the Thread. I rubbed 
the Tube amongft the Thread, and electrified him as 
before. I then ordered a Perfon not electrified to 
bring his Finger near the Middle of the Spoon; upon 
which, the Flafh from the Spoon and Spirit was vio- 
lent enough to fire the Spirit. This Experiment I 
then repeated three times. 
In this Method, the Perfon by whofe Finger the 
Spirit of Wine is fired, feels the Stroke much more 
violent, than when the eleCtrical Fire goes from him 
to the Spoon. This Way, for the fake of DiftinCtion, 
we will call the repulfive Power of Electricity. 
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