r/f, th u S r ti0 "> , heM the con dufting Wire in his 
* n ai ^ C, 1 ^ touc hed the Water with an 
iron Rod held m his right, the Effects were mod 
ffnlible in the left Arm of him who held the Wire : 
They were indeed manifcftly felt by them all; but this 
reeling was not great enough to be called a Shock but 
as was . very properly expreffed by one of the Com' 
pany, it refembled the Pulfation of a large Artery 
From the Examination of the firft and fecoiid 
C^eftions it appeared, that the Obfervers upon the 
tvejtminfter Shore were not fenftble of the Effcds 
°1 the Eledricity, unlefs their Bodies deferibed Part 
? L thc C i^ cu J lt before fpoken of; and this Circuit 
here con lifted of Part ol the Gun-barrel of the elec- 
trifying Machine, the Wire going from this Gun- 
barrd to the iron Hook, the Phial itfelf, the tail 
Wire of this coated Phial which reached therefrom 
acrofs the Bridge and down the Steps on the TV eft- 
mnj} er Shore, the Line of Obfervers between this 
, ire al . ld the iron Rod which dipp’d in the Water 
there, this iron Rod, a fuppofed Line of Water 
drawn quite acrofs the Thames , the Obfervers with 
their iron Rod on the Surry Shore, the iron Wire 
going from the right Hand of the laft of thefe up 
into the Room where the el edrifying. Machine was 
placed, and the fhort iron Rod to which one Extre- 
mity of this Wire was joined, and with which in 
making the Explofton, the Gun-barrel was touched* 
The Length of this Circuit, through which the 
Electricity was propagated was at leaft 800 Yards 
more than 400 Yards of which was formed by the' 
Stream of the River. 
From the Examination of the third Queftion it ap- 
peared, that the. elcdrical Commotion would not 
. * ' be 
