Experiments and observations in electricity : With a postscript, containing likewise a variety of new experiements and observations in that branch of philosophy; particularly an enquiry into the cause of the electricity of bodies, and the constitution of the electric matter itself; with notes tending to confirm and illustrate the opinions advanced / By William Henley. Read at the Royal society, Jan. 16 and 23, 1777.

  • Henley, William, -1779.
Date:
1777
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Credit: Experiments and observations in electricity : With a postscript, containing likewise a variety of new experiements and observations in that branch of philosophy; particularly an enquiry into the cause of the electricity of bodies, and the constitution of the electric matter itself; with notes tending to confirm and illustrate the opinions advanced / By William Henley. Read at the Royal society, Jan. 16 and 23, 1777. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    many purpofes to ufe a rubber with a handle of g]afs, wax, &c. with which the electricity of many fixed bo¬ dies, gems that are fet in metals, See. and other articles tiKii ft would be improper to divide or remove, may be determined. Sucn rubbers of different forms have been c°nfti ncied and fatisfatorily employed in a variety of inftances by Mr. errington and Mr. cavallo, who have extended their enquiries far beyond the limits at which I delifted; their collection of animal, vegetable, foflil, and aitificial fubftan.ees, added to my catalogue, amounting to almoft one thoufand articles. ~ ' * -* ' A -i. - . . ; ---~---- CONCLUSION. A T the conclufion of the fecond part of the pre¬ ceding paper, in my remarks upon the electricity of chocolate, I have obferved, that many and great difeo- verie$ have been made in this age, reflecting the action, influence, and effects of electricity; but it is a queftion that hath been frequently put to electricians, What is electricity ? For my own part, I have generally chofen (peihaps for want of a better anfwer) to reply by a fimilar queftion, viz. What is air?, or, what is water? For, as thefe are underftoocl to be fluids diftint from all others, and .1 G diftinguifhed O