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Innis Robert & Co.......44.
Innis & Grant...........44.
James & McCabe..........65
James & Flack...........65

[[Image 1 - pen sketch of vase half full of liquid with a dark wire at left dipped into liquid in vase and thin wire at right dipped into liquid in vase. Dark lines like sparks emanate from dark wire at surface of liquid in vase.]]
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[[Image 2 - three thin vertical lines with three horizontal or diagonal lines emanating off either side of the collective verticals near the bottom.]]

These phenomena indicate a great [[strikethrough]]attraction[[/strikethrough]] [[insertion below strikethrough]]repulsion[[/insertion]] between the particle of the oil when electrified and also between the wire and the oil and this takes place even when these bodies act as the plus and minus pole and illustrate the fact that
a [[strikethrough]]body[[/strikethrough]] the particles of a body are mutually repellant even when conducting a stream of electricity _ 
  The vase containing the oil was nex partially filled with water [[strikethrough]] [[&]] [[/strikethrough]] [[^]]so that[[/^]] a stratum of oil about 3/4 of an inch deep covered the water  The + [[positive]] pole was then plunged through the oil (and insulated from it by a fass tube) into the water When a wire was held over the oil a violent oscillation took place both the upper Surface[[^ indicated by underscore]]and lower[[/^]] of the oil became concave until in some cases the watter appeared through  This [[illustration of vase with opposing arcing lines on surface of liquid in vase.]] appearance was probably produced by the same action as that mentioned above. The oil is a worse conductor than the water the repulsions of it are therefore more apparent. The water in the vessel in this arrangement acts as the one pole whil the wire held over it is the other and for the same reason a depression [[/column 1]]

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was formed under each wire a depression from each pole is here produced  The whole effect is purely analogous to what takes place in the air
  I was induced to try this exp from reading an article in the annals de chems &. for Aug 1836 _
  The dimples or depressions produced when both the wires were out of the liquid was probably produced by the repulsion of the air which became electrical and was thus affected .
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July 18[[superscript]]th [[/superscript]]
   Made some exps on the long small wire helix with the Shaker battery - Shock produced with smallest coil with thee pairs of plates with about 10 pairs sparkes The Shock quite intense but the spark very feeble.
   Induction with the small battery from the larger of the three Valves to the second  perceptible but not intense as tested by the shock - from the 1[[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] to the 3[[superscript]] rd [[/superscript]] coil no apparent action - from the 2[[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]] to the 3[[superscript]] rd [[/superscript]] with the [[rash?]] action some what intense -
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[[underscore]]July[[/underscore]] 19
  Arranged the coils No 2 as a primary current from one division of the battery. Coil no 1 was arranged as 2 coils one half in No 1 other half Out So as to form an arr [[illustration]] arrangement for currents of the third order The third current was induced on the [[thin ?]] ribbon coil N 3. [[/column 2]]
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Kevin Anobreer & Williams....27.
Kipp Leonard Jesse. ..........34.
Ekorne Elias & Co............69

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and its direction determined by the magnetizing spiral and needle. The needle was strongly magnetized but its [[underlined]] direction was contrary [[/underlined]] to that of the battery current - The experiment was repeated several times with the same result, and from the degree of magnetism exhibited by the needle, no doubt could be entertained relative to the direction.
I had before concluded, from the analogy of common electricity and the imperfect indication of the 1 [[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] Exp May 7 [[superscript]] th [[/superscript]], that the direction of the 3[[superscript]] rd [[/superscript]] current is the same as that of the 1[[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] and 2[[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]] but from this it plainly appears that my first opinion was not correct.
   This correction is very important, since it gives a clue to the interference or [[streaming?]] effect. It would appear from this, that the wave of electricity in the secondary currents produces and effect similar to that of common electricity- at a verry small distance probably, the current changes its [[strikethrough]] distance [[/strikethrough]] direction and thus acts in opposition to the current from the battery.
    It appears that the intensity of this action diminishes very rapidly, since when the middle part of the third coil was placed [[image - pen sketch showing coil]] within the [[2?]][[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]] one no magnetism was produced but when the flat part of the 3[[superscript]] rd [[/superscript]] coil [[rested?]] on [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the flat part of the 2[[superscript]] nd [[/superscript]] coil then a [[strikethrough]] shock [[/strikethrough]] magnetism was produced - and yet from Exp 3[[superscript]] rd [[/superscript]] May 29 it would appear that the

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