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Monday Oct. 23rd 1843   Pierced card with 2nd current common elect
 
In repeating the forgoing experiments, the position of the points must be attended to. If they have relative to the paper, the position shown in the figure. The whole is made as [[underline]]a[[/underline]] opposite the negative points, but near the + points.

[[drawing of a upward curved line in between a point labeled positive and a point labeled negative. There is a point labeled "a" on the upward curve closer to the positive point.]]

[[drawing of an inverted slight sin curve in between a point labeled positive and a point labeled negative with a point labeled "a" lying directly in the middle on the line.]]

When the paper occupies the position shown in the figure, the hole is mid way between the two points.

Mr Matteucci says that if the two points are farther separated than from 3 to 6 millimetres, or from about an 8th to the [[underline]]quarter[[/underline]] of an inch, the hole is no longer found as the negative end, but near the middle, as if we had made the experiment in rarified air. The results obtained by the Italian was probably due to the position of the paper. Repeated the last experiment with the same result, the hole was mid way.

[[drawing of a positive sign with a circled dot above it. Next to that is a negative sign with two plain dots above it.]]

Repeated the exp with the paper touching the needlepoint on the two sides, hole single but ragged on the [[underline]]minus side[[/underline]].

[[drawing of a positive sign (+) and negative sign (-) with bold lines above each, separated by a downward sloping diagonal line]] In these experiments , the paper was placed thus:

[[drawing featuring a positive sign (+) with a dot above, next to it a negative sign (-) with three dots above.]] 
Dist [[underline]]one[[/underline]]eight, 3 holes near the minus end. 
[[Drawing featuring a circled dot, next to it a plain dot, and next to that, three dots increasing in size as they rise from bottom to the top meeting the end of a negative sign (-)]] Distance the same, 4 holes were made, one and the largest directly at the points],two below this point, and one mid way between, Elect 70⁰. 
[[Drawing featuring a line of three dots with a demarcation between the second and third dot]]Distance same , charge 30⁰, one ragged hole near [[underline]]minus[[/underlined]] point.
[[drawing of a dot, x, dot]]Distance 1/20 of an inch, charge high, ^70⁰ ragged hole in the middle.

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Monday 23 1843
Card pierced with 2nd current Common Elect. 83
[[drawing of three dots in horizontal line]] Distance 1/20 of an inch charge feeble 30 [[strikethrough]]three[[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]]large hole[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]] largest near the + pole.

[[drawing of a plus sign (+) with two dots over it and a dot to the right of the plus sign]] Distance same small charge one hole near plus point.


[[drawing of plus sign beneath an open circle, colon, dot in between, open circle with a line underneath.]] 

[[Note in left margin]] One jar used in all these experiments 
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[[There are drawings to the left of each of the following entries]]
Distance same 1/20 charge 20˚ three fine hole, near negative pole.
"        "       " charge 30  one hole mid way
"        "       " charge 20˚ one fine hole mid way
"        "       "   "    30  3 holes as per fig.
"        "       "   "    40  2 holes
"        "       "   "
"        "       "   "    60  single ragged hole
"        "       "   "
"        "       "   "    65  large [[drawing of a square]] triangular hole
                              near the middle inclined to one side
"        "       "   "    70  two small holes
[[Line drawn horizontally across page]]
Experiments continued with 3 jars instead of [[underline]] one [[/underline]]
[[There are drawings to the left of each of the following entries]]

Dist 1/20 of an inch charge 10˚ two large holes at - point
      "           "   "     20˚ three holes near + pole
      "           "   "     25  three holes as in figure
      "           "   "     30  two holes   "  "  "    
      "           "   "     40  4 holes     "  "  "  
      "           "   "     60  One large irregular hole near the negative pole
      "           "   "     4˚  one hole  
      "           "   "     5˚  one hole mid way  
      "           "   "     6˚  two holes
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