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Experiment XXXV. 
He then took a higher charge, the 
fpark of which, afcertained in fame man¬ 
ner, would have exploded through 4 - of an 
inch. This portion which, threw the left 
leg into convulfions, did not produce any 
alteration in the right. 
Experiment XXXVI. 
As this phial contained only a fmall 
quantity, it became neceflary to fubftitute 
a larger jar; becaufe the firft diffipated a 
portion of the fluid, and by that means 
prevented our obtaining an exadt meafure. 
The coated furface of this fubftituted jar, 
amounted to 170 fquare inches. It was 
charged with a quantity, of which the 
difcharging diftance was by Lane’s elec¬ 
trometer T i'Q of an inch. On directing 
this fluid through the nerve, which was 
tied at a diftance from the mufcles, the 
correfponding leg was fmartly agitated. 
Expert- 
