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A pair of ftriped cotton trowfers, at the diftance of 
4 or 5 feet from any part of the wire, were burnt 
almoft to tinder, a piece of which is here prcferved 
in the box No y. 
An old wig-box was burnt in part : a fheet was 
burnt through feveral folds, in large holes, and alfo 
a blanket ; but the holes were fmaller, tho’ of dif- 
ferent fizes : the velvet cape of a furtout coat, at a 
greater diftance from the wire, was treated in like 
manner ; tho 5 the burnt fpots were in general fmaller. 
Hence it feems, as if the particles of the fufed wire 
did not all drop perpendicular ; but that they were 
actuated by fome impellent force, and that the fmaller 
granulations were diffufed to a greater diftance ; and 
hence arofe that appearance of the fhower of fire 
before-mentioned : and in this I am fomewhat th» 
more confirmed by fome of the fads hereafter de- 
fcribed. Even fome of the larger pieces were thrown 
to a great diftance ; for here I found a wire mark 
burnt in the floor not lefs than fix feet from any part 
of the fufpended wire, and, on comparing a piece, 
which the maid picked up in the faid place, “with the 
faid mark, it appeared to be the fame, which pro- 
duced that effed. — You will find it, being the largeft 
in the box N° 3. 
A deal box, ftanding on a cloaths-cheft under the 
the wire, was burnt in fpots even more remarkably 
than the floor, according to the figures and forms of 
the feveral pieces, particles, or granulations. In this 
clofet I alfo employed the magnets, and colleded 
from the crevices, corners, &c. a quantity of iron 
particles, which are contained in the box No 3. 
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