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XL Several Effays towards dif covering the 
Laws of Ele&ricity, communicated to the 
Royal Society by Mr. John Ellicott F.R.S. 
and read on the 2 $th of Feb. 1747* and at 
two Meetings foon after . 
1. A Letter to Martin Folkes Efq\ Pr. R. S. 
SIR , 
Read Feb. 25.^]^ the * Letter lately read before the 
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Royal Society from the Abbe Nolet, 
containing his Obfervations on the Increafe of the 
Tranfpiration of Animals, and the Growth of Vege- 
tables, by means of the electrical Effluvia , he takes 
notice, that he was led to thofe Inquiries, from the 
Acceleration which (he found from a great Number 
of Experiments) was given to the Motion of Fluids 
thro' capillary Tubes, upon their being electrified. As 
I formerly made fcveral Experiments on this SubjeCl, 
I fhall fubmit it to your Confideration, whether the 
following Obfervations on thofe Experiments may 
deferve the Notice of this illuftrious Society. In 
which I have principally endeavoured to prove, that 
the Acceleration of the Motion of Fluids thro’ ca- 
pillary Tubes or Syphons is not barely owing to 
their being electrified, but that, in all Cafes what- 
foever, there are fome other Circumftances necef- 
fary, in order to produce this EfFeCt. And I doubt 
not but to make this, fully appear, by fhewing, that 
Water, being electrified, may either be made to run 
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* See the preceding Paper, Art. X. p. 187. 
