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which weighed four Ounces : The Marquis r D'Ormea> 
Dr. Allion, a Phyfician, the two above mentioned Pre- 
ceptors, Pere Garo , Count Ferrero , and myfelf, 
held, one after the other, this Piece of Scammony, 
and each was electrized fifteen Minutes, as had been 
done in the former Experiments. 
Two Days patted, and abfolutely none of thefe 
Perfons perceived any thing, that could be attributed 
to the Eledricity. 
The Fourth Experiment. 
The fame Day we endeavoured to repeat an Ex- 
periment, which M. Bianchi had wrote me word 
of fome Months before, and which had not fuc- 
ceeded wiih me at Baris. This Experiment was 
the Tranfiniffion of Odours along a Chain, or an 
iron Bar electrized. One of us prepared and applied 
a little Piece of Linen, covered with Balfam of 
Bern, upon the iron Bar, which received the Elec- 
tricity from the Globe : We fattened to this Rod 
the End of an iron Chain,- which was electrized by 
Communication ; and we expeCted, that the Odour 
of the Balfam would be tranfmitted to the other 
End of the Chain, to which was hung a Bali of 
Metal. But this was expeCted in vain ; nobody could 
perceive the flighreft Sign of this Tranfmittion. 
M. Bianchiy feeing, as I did, that the R.efult of 
all thefe Experiments did not agree with thofe, 
which he had believed to have taken place before, 
told me, that this Difference might arife from our 
having employed an EleClricity too ftrong : becaufe 
that which he had experienced with Succefs had al- 
ways appeared more 'weak. I fubmitted to this 
Reafon, 
