XLI. An account of some new experiments in Electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some experiments, to ascertain the direction of the electric matter, in the discharge of the leyden bottle: with a new analysis of the leyden bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion, in the discharge of the leyden bottle. 4.

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XLI. An Account of some new Experiments in Electricity, containing, 1. An Enquiry whether Vapour be a Conductor of Electricity. 2. Some Experiments, to ascertain the Direction of the Electric Matter, in the Discharge of the Leyden Bottle: with a new Analysis of the Leyden Bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral Explosion, in the discharge of the Leyden Bottle. 4. The Description, and Use, of a new Prime-conductor. 5. Miscellaneaous Experiments, made principally in the Years 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and Observations on the Electricity of Fogs, &c. in the Pursuance of those made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq; with a Plan of an Electrical Journal, &c. Insulated a glass funnel [Tab. XIII. fig. 1.] into which the streams, from a capillary tube, were directed by the electricity.