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grees of ftrength, I take it, that for its more power- 
ful operation, it flood with its lower end in a glafs 
veflel, which was filled with brafs filings. This 
ruler hanging right, a globular flame hath been al- 
ways produced, as well by artificial eledricity as that 
of the clouds, which may be denominated natural 
eledricity. This being now flopped, by the filings 
and glafs veflel, from taking its diredion downwards, 
feems to have expanded itfelf round-about the ruler, 
and by thofe bodies, incapable of eledricity, to have 
been carried on towards Mr. Richman. And this is fur- 
ther confirmed, becaufe they afterwards'found the vef- 
fel broken in pieces, and the filings fcattered about. 
The particulars, whidi happened to Mr.Richman, Mr. 
Sokolow is ignorant of. As foon as he had recovered 
his fenfes, he got up, and ran out of the houfe, acquaint- 
ing every one, whom he met in the ftreet, that the 
thunder had flruck into Mr. Richman’s houfe. On 
the other fide, as foon as Mrs, Richman heard the 
very loud ftroke of thunder, flie came haftening into 
the chamber, in which flie conjcdured flie flaould fee 
the bad confequences. She found her hufband pafl 
fenfation, fitting upon a chefl:, which happened to 
be placed behind him, and leaning againfl the wall ; 
which fituation muft have been occafioned by his 
falling back upon receiving the eledrical blow. He 
was no fooner flruck, but killed. There were not 
the leafl appearances of life. A fulphureous fmell, 
not unlike that which is caufed by the explofion of 
gun-powder, diffufed itfelf through the whole houfe. 
- Some fervants, who were hard by in the kitchen, 
felt its effeds, fince they were thereby quite flupi- 
fied. The eledrical expofitor flood upon a low 
VoL. 4p. K beaufet. 
