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Thcfe laft Fads have fcrved as a Bails to my In- 
quiries. I conftdcr’d all organized Bodies as Affem- 
blages of capillary Tubes, filled with a Fluid that 
tends to run thro’ them, and often to iffue out of 
them. In confequence of this Idea, I imagined, that 
the elcdrical Virtue might poflibly communicate 
fome Motion to the Sap of Vegetables, and alfo 
augment the infenfible Perfpiration of Animals. I 
began, by fome Experiments, the Refult of which 
confirm'd my Notions. I cledrified, for four or 
five Hours together, Fruits, green Plants, and Sponges 
dipp'd in Water, which I had carefully weigh'd > 
and I found, that, after this Experiment, all thefc 
Bodies were remarkably lighter than others of the 
lame kind, weigh'd with them, both before and af- 
ter the Experiment, and kept in the fame Place 
and Temper. 1 alfo eledrified Liquors of all forts 
in open Veffels; and I remarked, that the Electrifi- 
cation augmented their Evaporation, in fome more, 
in others lets, according to their different Natures. 
Wherefore I took two Garden-Pots, filled with the 
fame Earth, and fowed with the fame Seeds; I kept 
them conftantly in the fame Place, and took the 
fame Care of them, except that one of the two was 
cledrified for fifteen Days running, for two or three, 
and fometimes four Hours a Day. This Pot always 
fhewed its Seeds raifed two or three Days fooner 
than the other, a greater Number of Shoots, and 
thofe longer, in a given Time: Which makes me 
believe, that the eledrical Virtue helps to open and 
difplay the Germs, and facilitates the Growth of 
Plants. I advance this, however, only as a Con- 
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