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as to have it in my power eafily to remove 
it from, or bring it, near the mufcles. 
If the ligature was at a very fmall dis¬ 
tance from the mufcles, an extremely mi¬ 
nute portion of artificial eledricity was 
fufficient to put into adion the leg of the 
animal; but if the ligature remained in 
contad with the mufcles, to obtain the 
fame phenomena a quantity was required, 
which, proportioned to the other, was 
enormous. This obfervation I commu¬ 
nicated to Mr. Nicholfon, whofe zeal and 
abilities in philofophical refearches are fo 
well known to the public. 
Along with this gentleman I inftituted 
feveral experiments, of which the follow¬ 
ing are the refult. 
Experiment XXXI. 
We charged a fmall Leyden phial, con¬ 
taining three fquare inches of coated fur- 
face, with eledricity, the wire of which 
