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fliort for a corapleat investigation. The experiments 
prove, however, how univerfally the eledtric matter is 
difieminated; or, in other words, its exiftence in all bo- 
dies ; with what readinefs it is excited ; and, I think, the 
conftancy of its adtion*( though imperceptible to us) as 
well as its ufe and importance as a principal agent in the 
greateft, and to mankind the moll interefting, operations 
in nature. I have enclofed a catalogue, exhibiting at 
one view the articles I have had an opportunity to try, 
with their kinds of eledtricity marked againft them; 
hoping this fpecimen may induce gentlemen of more 
leifure to purfue the enquiry. 
Hair, wool, down, and many other articles, may be 
made up in the form of little taffels, and in this manner 
readily fixed upon or tied to the end of an eledtric for 
experiment. 
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