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Show Sympathetic Electricity. There are certain facts which have to be accepted, because they do exist and among these is the fact thus set down in Ganot's Physics (ed. 1SS1). "When a glass rod, or a stick of sealing seal-ing wax, or shellac, is held in the hand, and is rubbed with a piece of flannel or with the skin of a cat the parts rubbed will be found to 'have Ihe property of attracting light bodies such as pieces of silk, wool, feathers ' Paper, bran, gold leaf, etc." That is to say, the rod or wax becomes electrified elec-trified by rubbing it with Ihe skin of a t.it. lou generate electric sparks In the fur of your black cat by trtctlon. Ihe possibility has been known for conluries. Why the fur of the cat rather than the fur of a rabbit or dog is not known. |