CaxTo I. WEGEN ADEON: 23 . 72 EN MER ENSE HIRE EHEN WUIELN| EI PO ENDEN Onward his courſe witn way Ing tau he helms,

And mimic lightnings ſcare the watery realms.

accumulated as to p produce ſuch amazing effeOs in a fid ill

adapted for the purpoſe is not yet ſatisfactorily explained. The Torpedo pofleſſes a ſimilar power in a leſs degree, as was Ihewn by Mr. Walch, and another fiſh lately deſcribed by Mr. Pater- (00 PRIOL Mans NOL EDS)ENZE

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In the conſtrudion of the Leyden-Phial,(as it 1s called)

which is coated oa both fides, it is known, that above one hun-

dred times the quantity of poſitive eie can be condenſe

on every ſquare inch of the coating on one ſide, that could have been accumulated on the ſame ſurface ZE re had been no op- polite coating communicating with the earth; becauſe the ne- gative ele&ricity, or that part of it which cauſed its expanſion, is n0W drawn off through the glaſs. It is alfo well known, that the thinner the glaſs is(which is thus coated on both fides ſo as

to make a Leyden-phial, or he more eleCtricity can be

t condenſed on one of its ſurfaces, till it becomes ſo thin 33 to

1 I IA PE break, and thence diſcharge itſe

Now its poflible, that the quantity of ele&ricity condenſfible on one ſide ot a coated phial may in 1creaſe in ſome high ratio in reſped& to the thinneſs of the glaſs, ſince the power of attradtion is known to decreaſe as the ſquares of the diſtances, to which this eircumſtance of electricity ſeems to bear ſome analogy. Hence if an animal membrane as thin as the ilk-worm ſpins its ſilk, could be ſo ſituated as to be charged like the Leyden bottle, without E05(as füch thin glaſs would be liable to do,) it would be difficult to calculate the immenſe quantity of FEE fluid, which might be accumulated on its ſurface. Noland ani- mals are yet diſcavered which poſleſs this power, though the air would have been a much better medium tor producing its ef

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