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3. A Account of fome new Electrical Experiments, 
performed before the Royal Society, Thurfday, 
Aug. 29. 1741. 
XJTAving found by feveral of Mr. Grafs Experi- 
ments, as well as fome of my own, that Water 
is receptive of Eledricity, fo as to be railed up in a 
little Cup, to emit a Vapour towards the rubbed 
Tube, to fnap, and to give Light; having alfo 
found, (as Ilhewed the Experiment before the Royal 
Society) that when a dry Tube, fufpended horizon- 
tally, will not condud the Eledricity of the rubbed 
Tube applied to one of its Ends; and yet, when 
blown into, will condud it ftrongly all its Length, 
becaufe the Eledricity runs along from one moift 
Particle to another, though thofe Particles are not 
contiguous— I thought that Eledricity might im- 
pregnate a whole Jet of Water, whether perpendi- 
cular, oblique, or horizontal : And fuppofed alfo, that 
if at any time there be eledrical Effluvia in or above 
a Cloud, that Virtue may be communicated by the 
falling Rain, to any thing that the Rain falls upon. 
How far my Conjedure is true, will appear by the 
following Experiment. 
Having properly fufpended (that is, fufpended by 
fome eledric Body, here Cat-gut) a copper Fountain 
with the Spout downwards, 1 opened the Cock, and 
let the Water fpout into a Veflel underneath : Then, 
having excited a great Tube to Eledricity, I held it 
over the copper Fountain, whilft an Ailiftant held 
the Thread of Trial (that is, a Thread hanging from 
a Stick) near feveral Parts of the Jet, which attraded 
it 
