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Electricity

Octr. 25, 1768 five miles South of the Line by guess Long.

Machine made by Ramsden workd by a flat plate 8 inches diameter the Phial used was 6½ inches in hight & 5½ inches in diameter without the neck the distance between the stopper & coating 3 inches the stopper made of wood & fastned to the glass on the inside by a red cement probably sealing wax  The Electrometer was divided into 30 parts making in all 1½ inches nearest  About nine in the morn the machine was set up, when we suppos'd ourselves to be somewhat more than five miles south of the line;  the day pleasant, but rather cloudy;  the ship going between three & four Knotts.

When the plate was first turnd round the cushions appeard to be damp, adhering to the glass so that it was with dificulty made to

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