aſcended in a ſlender ſtream, held, at a convenient diſtance from it, an excited piece of Amber or a chafed Diamond, which would manifeſtly make the aſcending ſmoak deviate from its former line, and turn aſide, to beat, as it were, againſt the Electric, which, if it were vigorous, would act at a conſiderable diſtance, and ſeemed to ſmoak for a pretty while together.
9. That 'tis not in any peculiar Sympathy between an Electric and a body whereon it operates, that Electrical Attraction depends, ſeems the more probale, becauſe Amber, for inſtance, does not attract onely one determinate ſort of bodies, as the Loadſtone does Iron, and thoſe bodies wherein it abounds; but as far as I have yet tried, it draws indifferently all bodies whatſoever, being plac'd within a due diſtance from it, (as my choiceſt piece of Amber draws not onely Sand and Mineral Powders, but Filings of Steel and Copper, and beaten Gold it ſelf)
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