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3 . ^ Continuation of the foregoing Effay. 
&WMay igT'iSTa Paper I had the Honour to comma- 
174 * X nicate to this Society , March 24,, I en- 
deavour’d, from the Principles therein laid down, to 
account For fome of the mod remarkable 'Pheno- 
mena of Ele&ricity; and in particular for that Ap- 
pearance of a Light ifluihg from the End of an iron 
Rod, when pointed, and made ele&rical ; Why this 
Light was vifible only at the Point, and in no other 
Part of the Rod : Why the Light was vifible to a 
greater Length when the Point was approached by 
a Non elcdtric : And why a Light will be feen as if- 
fuing from the Non-ele&ric when it is pointed, but 
not when it is flat. 
I fhall now endeavour, from the fame Principles, 
to account for thole ‘Phenomena , which will be 
produced on a nearer Approach of the Non-ele&ric 
to the elc&rified Rod. 
Exp. VIII. 
If the non-eleftric Body, whether flat or pointed, 
is brought nearer to the End of the Rod, than in the 
laft Experiment, there will be a fmall Stream of 
Light produced, reaching quite from the electric to 
the non-electric Body ; and if brought ftill nearer, 
there will iffue a Spark attended with a fmall flap- 
ping Noife, which will be fucceeded by others at 
equal Intervals; and if the Non-electric is held at 
fome Diftance from the Side of the Rod, the Point 
of it will frequently appear luminous, but no Part 
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