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Rh the feathers did o readily and trongly faten themelves to thee extraneous and unexcited Bodies, that I have been able (though not eaily) to make one of them draw the feather from the Amber it elf.

But it is diligently to be oberv'd, that this unuual attraction happened onely whilt the electrical operation of the excited Amber continued trong enough to utain the feathers. For afterwards, neither the approach of my finger, nor that of the other bodies, would make the downy feathers change their poture. Yet as oon as ever the Amber was by a light affriction excited again, the feather would be dipoed to apply it elf again to the abovementioned Bodies.

And let there hould be any peculiarity in that particular feather, I made the Trials with others (provided they were not long enough to exceed the phere of activity of the Amber) and found the Experiment to answer my expectation. I