If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through th…

Benjamin Franklin
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If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified large glass jar, taken through his own body, will probably convince him. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1834). Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, p.258
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