ELECTRICAL FLUID
At the beginning of the 18th century Francis Hauksbee (c. 1666-1713) wa London, UK, investigating the effec electricity. He made a machine with glass globe from which most of the was removed. When the globe was rotated and a hand was placed on to the globe, electricity was produced, giving a strange glow. Hauksbee tho the glow was caused by electrical flu Using this machine, he also observe that threads hung around or inside t globe were stiffened by the electricit as if a fluid was escaping from them Hauksbee's drawing shows th the threads become stiff as electrical fluid escapes Turning the handle rotates the glass globa