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XLI. An Account of fome new Experi- 
ments in Ele&ricity , containing , i. An 
Enquiry whether V apour be a Conductor 
of EleSlricity. 2 . Some Experiments , to 
afcertain the Direction of the Ele&ric 
Matter , in the Difcharge of the Leyden 
Bottle : with a new Analyfis of the Ley- 
den Bottle . 3. Experiments on the la- 
teral Explofon , in the Difcharge of the 
Leyden Bottle. 4. "The Defcription , and 
Ufe , of a new Brim e-conduSlor. 5 . Mif- 
cellaneous Experiments , made principally 
in the Tears 1771 tfW 1772. 6. Expe- 
riments and Obfervations on the EleEtri- 
city of Fogs , &C. in Purfuance of thofe 
made by Thomas Ronayne, Efq\ with a 
Plan of an EleSlrical Journal , &*c. By 
William Henly, F. R. S. 
SECTION FIRST. 
An Enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of 
ELECTRICITY. 
EXPERIMENT I. 
Redde, May 5,X Infulated a glafs funnel [tab. xiit. 
I774 ' X fig* I *] into which the ftreams, 
from a capillary tube, were directed by the elec- 
tricity. 
