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Electricity

being soon ceasd also, from that time no eletricty perceivable (exept by Cantons Electrometer) could be communicated to the conductor, tho the machine was workd near an hour.

In the course of these experiments two thing were observd, differing from the Phenomena usualy seen.  First, the Phial when filld with Electricity as full as the machine could;  would not contain it more than a very few seconds, 3 or 4 by guess;  (for no opportunity of measuring by a watch was given, the machine leaving off working without any warning when it was not expected).  At the end of this time not the smallest quantity of Electricity was left tho I tried all my Phials 5 in number two of which were

 

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