EXPERIMENTS, &C.

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CHAPTER I.

Containing an explanation of the technical terms used by EleSlncians ;and also, a series of propositions, comprijing the general propertiesof the electric fluid, according to the Franklinian theory .

S E C T I O N I.

E LECTRICIANS have divided into two classes, all theknown bodies in nature; and they are distinguished byElectrics, and Conductors.

i. Electrics, or non-conductors, are such bodies as will nottransmit the electric fluid, either along their- surfaces, or throughtheir pores. The principal of the electrics in use are glass,sulphur, resins, and resinous compositions, silk,, and bakedwood.

2. Conductors, or non-electrics, a term first introduced intothis science by Dr. Desaguliers, and used to denote such bodiesas readily convey the electric effluvia, either along their surfaces,

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