Nollet Electrifies Royal Guard
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In April 1746, Abbé Nollet transmitted the charge of a Leyden jar through a chain of 180 Royal Guards in Paris. Soon afterwards he performed a grander experiment at a Carthusian convent, making a 5,400-foot circle monks all give "a sudden spring" simultaneously.
