AN AMUSING ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2282, 16 November 1889, Page 2

AN AMUSING ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT.

Fold a piece of tbiok, rough, brown paper In two (aaya a correspondent of the "Englleh Meohanto"), boat it all over before t c fire till it amoken, lay It on he flout and rub It In one dlreotlon with >ny suitable tnbber — I prefer a volvet oid, aiioh us Is nsed for brushing halo, or t!)e velvet buck of a hat brnah ; bat a Meoe of flannel, or tho sleeve of one's ooal (paoe piterfamlllup) will do nearly as well— tben ruloo it aud open It oak fl*t. In thin condition It la very highly charged *nd will glva epirlrs, make tho hair stand on end ; bat these are all experiments, wheroaa the one I am about to deaorlba is, I bdllove, now. Make a bill (abont 5-16 th lnoh to § inch diameter) of pVo\ or, If that ohuuet be h*d, of oorK, and plaoa It on the paper. So long aa tho paper Is on tho ground the effects will be feeble, bat lot tno people h.ild the paper by {two opposite odgeu In a horlz n'al position lv the air, and the bb.ll will seem endowed wkb life, and will dart auray In the most amDsing «ray on the approach of a finger to touch it, The f flout Is boat If yon try to toaoh the aldo, nit the top of the ball.