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44 ber of the parliament of England, and of the 
44 Royal Society of London. The experiment, of 
44 which I am going to give you an account, was 
44 made in the prefence of the Academy of this 
44 city. A live Torpedo was placed on a table. 
44 Round another table flood five perfons infulated. 
44 Two brafs wires, each thirteen feet long, were 
44 fufpended to the ceiling by filken firings. One 
44 pf thefe wires refled by one end on the wet 
44 napkin on which the fifh lay ; the other end 
44 was immerfed in a bafin full of water placed 
44 on the fecond table, on which flood four other 
44 bafins likewife full of water. The firfl perfbn 
44 put a finger of one hand in the bafin in which 
44 the wire was immerfed, and a finger of the 
44 other hand in the fecond bafin. The fecond 
44 perfon put a finger of one hand in this laft 
44 bafin, and a finger of the other hand in the 
44 third ; and fo on fucceffively, till the five per- 
44 foils communicated with one another by the 
44 water in the bafins. In the lafl bafin one end 
44 of the fecond wire was immerfed ; and with 
44 the other end Mr. Walfh touched the back of 
44 the Torpedo, when the five perfons felt a com- 
' 44 motion which differed in nothing from that of 
44 the Leyden experiment, except in the degree of 
44 force. Mr. Walfh, who was not in the circle 
44 of conduction, received no fhock. This expe- 
44 riment was repeated feveral times, even with 
44 eight perfons ; and always with the fame fuc- 
44 cefs. The aCtion of the Torpedo is commu- 
44 nicated by the fame mediums as that of the 
* 4 eleCtric fluid. The bodies which intercept the 
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