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IN reference to Mr. Pannell's observations recorded in NATURE of June 21 (p. 324), Mr. William Wilson more than a hundred years ago discovered that when dry wood is chipped with a knife the chips and knife become oppositely electrified.
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BENHAM, C. Electric Discharge from Scythe . Nature 99, 366 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099366a0
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