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[[top margin]] 236 March 4th 1846[[/top margin]]
I find it stated in the 93 no of the Living Age (Littelle's) that Mr Hurst of England has found that precipitation and crystalizature are affected by magnetism. If according to the account a glass trough containing a substance in the process of depositing a [[circled]]precipitate[[/circled]] be placed between the poles of a magnet, the precipitated matter will arange itself in the form of magnetic lines. Also a substance in a state of crystalizing placed in the same circumstances, will exhibit the same phenomenon.
[[small figure of U-shaped magnet suspended beneath a rectangular plate]]
To test the last mentioned fact, a horse shoe magnet of considerable power was placed perpendicularly, and across its poles a plate of mica was laid, around [[strikeout]]this[[/strikeout]] which a border of bees wax was [[strikeout]]laid[[/strikeout]] raised, so as to form a cup to contain a solution of sulphate of copper. 

[[strikeout]]July[[/strikeout]]March 4th
Examined the result of the experiment which I instituted on the 4th, as to the affection of the crystalization of the sulphate of copper under the influence of a magnet, but could perceive no particular result. the crystals of sulphate of copper were beautifully formed, but they observed no law as to arrangement in reference to the magnetic curves. ___
I do not think the fact stated by Mr Hurst is correct, although it ought not to be denied on the result of a single attempt.
Pour honey from a spoon into a dish, a thread 3 feet long may be formed, as thin as a fibre of silk.
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[[top margin]] April 10th 1846 Capillarity 237[[/top margin]]
In conversation with Professor Barley, he informed me that the spheroidal condition may be given to ether by pouring a few drops on a surface of heated water. ____
The idea in the same connection also occurred to me of the more perfect explanation of the spreading of oil on water. ___ The ^[[general]] cause of the spreading as I have before shown, is the fact of the attraction of oil for oil being less than that of oil for water, while at the same time, the attraction of water for oil is [[strikeout]]greater[[/strikeout]] ^[[less]] than that of water for water. Now suppose the attraction of oil for oil was
[[indent to allow for figure on left]] greater [[strikeout]]less[[/strikeout]] than that of oil for water, then we should have a drop of oil on the surface of the water assuming the form of that in the upper figure, but if the attraction of the oil for the water was greater than that [[/end indent]]
of the oil for itself, then the drop in the first instance would assume the form given in figure 2nd, the curvature of the outer surface would be such as to cause the drop to expand on all sides and flatten out. the next drop thrown on would be removed from the sphere of the attraction of the attraction of the water, and would assume a lenticular form, like that  represented in the figure, the weight of the oil when it is thrown on 
[[indent to allow for figure on left]] the surface of the water depresses it, so that the drop of oil is very nearly within the surface of the water, the elevation of the middle being only the difference [[/end indent]]
of the specific gravities. 
[[indented to far right side of the page]]For a paper on capillarity by Mr Ivory, see Phil Transactions, vol for about 1816.
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