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Wednesday Oct 11th 1843 [[vertical squiggly line]]
 Repeated the last experiment with needles in all [[strikethrough]] the set of [[/strikethrough]] spirals of the set. That in no 1 gave a - current, all the others gave + currents. In these two experiments needles no 5 were used.
 Tried the same experiment with larger needles  no 2, the result however was the same, the needle in no 1 gave a - current , in the other spirals a +. It must be recollected that spiral no one is more complex than the others.
 Repeated the same experiment with the exception of drawing off the electricity from the end farthest from the machines, now the current as indicated by all the needles was adverse. The condition of the two experiments was not precisely the same, the whole discharge through the wire of all the electricity of the machine took place but this was not the case in the other case.

[[following paragraph has a box drawn around it with notation in left margin stating Observation on Rain under trees during fog.]]
[[underline]] Thursday [[/underline]]
 The sky last night at 10 oclock was perfectly  cloudless, and yesterday was delightful. This morning a thick fog covers the face of the earth so as to obscure the sun, and the phenomenon of [[underlined]] rain under [[/underlined]] the trees is exhibited.  I have directed an assistant to take the temperature of the air, and also that of the trees, by swing the thermometer first in the air, and next placing it amid the leaves of the trees.
  Temperature of the air 58◦,
  of the leaves          56½.
This was however at the time the air was rising in temperature, and whenthe trees had almost ceased to rain. [[end boxed paragraph]]
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Thursday Oct 12th 1843 [[vertical squiggly line]] Shock passed through wire in water
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[[image- drawing of small oval dish appearing to be referenced basin placed on a table and labeled "a" to the bottom right of dish.  On opposing left and right side of dish are two small posts with loops on top.  Left post has a negative sign above while the right has a positive sign.  What appears to be a wire is passing through both post loops and coursing down towards the basin.  A slight rounded bend on each side of wire above the dish occurs and the wire culminates in a half-moon shaped bend in the center of the wire; the half-moon portion dips into the basin.  The tips of each end of the wire after they have passed through the post loops, out away from the basin, both end in loops as well.]]  Placed a wire in a basin of water and sent shocks through it, while the finger was immersed in the water, a sudden concussion was felt by the finger, as from a shock from the jar passed through it, and this happened at each discharge.
    The effect was the same with a large wire, also when the conducting wire was grasped by the hand a sever concussion was felt when the discharge passed through, and this is not produced as has been supposed by the redundant redundan [[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] t electricity according to the explanation of [[Beot?]], but by the transfer of the electricity of the jar and the consequent induction.  It was the same action in all probability which produced the electrical phenomena within Mrs. Hamilton's house at the time the discharge passed along the outside of the building (see vol 2nd pages    ). (See also the proceedings of Amer. Phil. Society.)
When the finger is placed in the water, and the conductor interrupted, quite a severe electrical concussion is felt, and this is the case when the finger is placed at the end of the dish at [[underlined]] a [[/underlined]].
According to the experiment of Wheatstone, the electrical action, whatever may be its nature, arrives last at the middle of the length of the conducting wire.  This is in accordance with the theory of one fluid; the moment a spark starts from the knob, an equal quantity of the electricity on the end of the wire in contact with the outside of the jar is released, and rushes into the jar, so that a wave of rarefaction runs along the wire from the negative and [[strikethough]]in one direction [[/strikethrough]] towards the middle, and one of condensation for the other.  These waves pass each other at the middle, and oscillate backwards and forwards several times.  

Transcription Notes:
p.66 Last line in para.2-...spiral no one... would make more sense if "no" is read as no.(number). p.67 fifth row from bottom last word(and) should read(end).