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Days, |\ 
Vinds. I 
larom. !' 
i 
'her. Sparks. 
Pof. J.Neg. 
1 
I 
nches. 
0 
the apparatus in high charge) placed 
his left hand on the bell, and with his 
finger of the right hand approached 
the ball L; a denfe fpark ilfued to it, 
and he received a fmart lliock in his 
arms and breaft, like that of the Ley- 
den bottle. We then joined hands, ana 
made the circuit in the ufual way, be- 
tween the bell and ball, and we both 
received a fevere (hock. Much light- 
ning and thunder this day at Stirling 
and Dumfries, in Scotland. 
Aug. 2 3 
W 
29.94 
5 2 
ftrong 
pof-! 
— 
A.M. and P.M. negative on a fall of 
rain. 
24 
NW 
30.15 
58 
fmall 
pof. j 
— 
Great part of the day. 
2 5 
sw 
30.19 
60 
0 
pof. 
! 1 
A.M. but very weak in the afternoon. 
26 
sw 
3 0 * 10 
58 
0 
t 
| Weak figns ; balls not open. 
27 
N 
30. 8 
59 
0 
1 — 
— - 
28 
W 
3 °- 3 
54 
0 
i pof. 
— 
A.M. a ferene clear fky. 
! 2 9 
30 
SE 
SW 
29.90 
29.80 
58 
60 
0 
0 
, - 
1 
| Only vreak figns. 
i I* 
1 
. 
NW 
2 9’75 
62 
0 
neg. 
P.M. from a fhower of rain, the drops 
of which were very large. The elec- 
tricity foon changed to pofitive. 
Though every circumfiance was fa- 
vourable for a ftrong electrification* 
yet the charge in the rod was but weak. 
My fufpicion led me to try the ftate 
of the uppermoft end of the rod, and 
I found it to be in a contrary ftate of 
electricity to that at the lower end 
of it ; the middle part of the rod was 
in its natural ftate, that is, fhewed no 
figns of being electrified ; therefore 
the rod was only (at this time) influ- 
entially eleCtrified. 
Sept. 3 
: SE 
29.72 
58 
0 
nog. 
A.M. 
ir 
5 
t s 
29.60 
66 
fmall 
pof. 
— 1 
A.M. P.M. a fhower of rain ; the elec- 
tricity became negative. 
< 
i 
s 
29.50 
» 69 
fmall 
pof 
In the forenoon. P.M. a ftrong gale 
of wind, I now faw thunder clouds 
forming at a great height. Half after 
Sept. 
