III. A collection of the electrical experiments communicated to the Royal Society by Wm. Watson, F. R. S. read at several meetings between October 29.1747. and Jan. 21. following
@article{WatsonIIIAC, title={III. A collection of the electrical experiments communicated to the Royal Society by Wm. Watson, F. R. S. read at several meetings between October 29.1747. and Jan. 21. following}, author={William Lynn Watson}, journal={Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London}, volume={45}, pages={120 - 49} }
In the Paper I did myself the Honour some time since to communicate to the Royal Society, I took notice, that, among the many other surprising Properties of Electricity, none was more remarkable, that that the electrical Power, accumulated in any non electric Matter contained in a glass Phial, described upon its Explosion a Circuit through any Line of Substances non-electrical in a considerable Degree;
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