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himself, that might see there was an Attraction; which I saw, though I perceived it not to be so strong, as when the Attraction was carried by a longer Line, by returning it, as in the Experiments above-mentioned. The Length of the Line was 650 Feet. This was several Times repeated, but the Experiment being made in the Evening, at length the Dew began to fall. We began about Seven o'Clock, or some little Time after, but before Eight the Attraction ceased: But whether this was caused by the Dew falling, or by my being very hot, we-could not positively say, but I rather impute it to the latter. This Experiment was made July 14, 1729.
Note, That though we call the carrying the Electrick Vertue by the Lines in this Position Horizontal, you are not to understand it in a strict Sense, as may be easily perceived by the Description of the Method; and That as the Line swagged down much below the Silk Lines that supported it, in the middle Part between those Lines, it was some Feet longer than the Distance of the Poles.
Some Days after this Experiment was repeated from the Turret Closet Window, when the Line was 765 Feet, and the Attraction was no less perceivable than in the Experiment above-mentioned.
A large Map of the World, that had twenty-seven square Feet in it; a Table-Cloth containing fifty nine square Feet; these suspended on the Tube byPack-
