New Experiments upon the Leyden Phial, Respecting the Termination of ConductorsBy Benjamin Wilson, EsqFRS. . coated phial is cracked,either by a fpontaneous difcharge or by any other acci-dent, Mr. CAVALLO removes the ontfide coating from thefractured part, and then makes it moderately hot, byholding it to the flame of a candle; and whilft it re-mains hot, he applies burning fealing wax to the part,fo as to cover the fracture entirely; taking care that thethicknefs of the wax is rather more than the thicknefs ofthe glafs. Laftly, he covers all the fealing wax, and alfo 6 K 2 part IOT2 Mr, WILS
New Experiments upon the Leyden Phial, Respecting the Termination of ConductorsBy Benjamin Wilson, EsqFRS. . coated phial is cracked,either by a fpontaneous difcharge or by any other acci-dent, Mr. CAVALLO removes the ontfide coating from thefractured part, and then makes it moderately hot, byholding it to the flame of a candle; and whilft it re-mains hot, he applies burning fealing wax to the part,fo as to cover the fracture entirely; taking care that thethicknefs of the wax is rather more than the thicknefs ofthe glafs. Laftly, he covers all the fealing wax, and alfo 6 K 2 part IOT2 Mr, WILSONS Experiments^ &:c, part of the furface of the glafs beyond it, with a eompo-fition made with four parts of bees wax, one of refin,one of turpentine, and a very Httle oil of olives; whichcompofiiion he fpreads upon a piece of oiled filk, and ap-plies it in the manner of a plaifler. With this method Ihave feen feveral phials fo efFe6lually repaired, that,though after being frequently charged, they were at laftbroken by a fpontaneous<lifcharge, yet the fradure waain a diiferent part of the 14
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