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bcfore-mention’d Spoons. From beneath the Weight 
which fuppoits the Handle of the fourth Spoon, a 
Wire reaches to an iron Rod (landing in a fecond 
Pail of Water, in which is placed alfo another iron 
Rod, to which is fattened another Wire connected, 
with the fhort iron Rod, which is employed to 
make the Explofion. When, with this Difpofition 
of the Apparatus , the charged Phial is caufed 
to explode, the Spirit or EfFence of Lemons in. 
fome or all of the Spoons is fet on Fire ; to 
accomplifh which, the Electricity mull necettarily 
pafs through one of the Pails of Water, and poflibly 
through both. But here it mull be underhood, that 
the Pails of Water hand upon a dry wooden Floor ; 
for if they hand upon one that is wet, or upon the 
Ground, the Circuit will be, for Reafons frequently 
mention'd in the Courfe of thefe Inquiries, com- 
pleted between the two Pails, where the non-clectric 
Matter is continuous, and be prevented from pall- 
ing by the Spoons where it is not foj and this will 
defeat the Succcfs of the Experiment. The Num- 
ber of Spoons in the Manner before-mention'd, and 
their Dillance from each other, may be varied as far 
as is thought neceflary. The Circuit may likewife 
be directed through any Number of Men, provided 
that each of them holds in one of his Hands a Spoon- 
ful of warm Spirit, and brings one of the Fingers 
of his other Hand at the proper Dillance to the Spi- 
rit held in the Hand of the Petfon next him : By 
thefe means the Explofion of the charged Phial will 
let on Fire the Spirit in feveral of the Spoons at 
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