New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-14

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Az The ss Trials Wa readily ascer' u0ed tnh oo' per,
son could proSuce the effect and that he mona "" a..
recesssriS circular. but Zh' be IN s''ragn' M.
or, f expernsr NJ or mode Of observation thSt c'ui
d-y.e cave n tbs slightest indication Of any p-'uE -
ursl force No attractions or rfpusous or s<n' ~ ~
genital power spp.srd,-uor anything WIN c'ul -
referred o. other ,hsn The mere m n 'nl'H p'rs .
ID inadvertently hy the tuner thsrstro prpcef'so
susly1s t', pressure or that part II aN~rtrt m h'
roI's G5,c3On doing So IN the hrsf nstt nce snt
70 'he party. soft cemCi T. consisting OF .A ~
peniine, and pouau.n VS. preps'~i r o'i
nVe pAces OF smooth slippery cSribesrt were AtNhci
one over The other by little pellets of thu cement sna
the 'oWsr Of these 20 piece 81 sand paper r~sns -" I
table ne efgeS Of these sheets overapp@1 slsa "o
on the under surface pen ia lire drawn over th9 APPS
50 A. 10 indicate position. The upper card b'E' IS
srger than tn rest 81 - to cover M whole ron H
The the tsbl- turner placed the hsns upon the upper
csrd and W. " sitrd or the result Now. the cement sts
strong enough offer considerable rss'aoce 20 n-chta
cS notion ard also % retain the cards m any nss pos"s
which they might scqure-Nnd yst weak enough u eNe
slowly 10 continued force. When n s,t the tables
cSsds and bands all moved 90 the len together Nnd -
true result obtained to'k up the pack Ca "NN
ston il easy 20 by the displacement OF the pts
Of the line that the hand had moved further than TIA o
snd that the latter had Jagged behnd-th1 the h,nl ia
act bad pushed the upper card 70 the e and that hs an
der cards and the table had followed and b-en Dr. ged oy
IT, In other sin liar the table hAi moved still
tie ~ card uno moved shO sng hat the
hard bad carried il in the expected dra,ou itw.s evil
dent therefore that the sbe had drawn the All and
person round, nor had il moved snu ,Aneousy sh tbs
hand The hand had ett all things under behind and the
table eVi0enfy ttnOtd Contn hand DNAk.
The next step was 70 arrange An index, which should
show whether the table moved 6rst thu hand moved
before the table both moved remained Al
geher. AZ fret this done by placing upright pin
xed ou ltaien foot upon the table and using that the
fulcrum q sght lever The latter WAS made Of so OF
iooscap paper and The short about quarter of aninoh
in length attached 10 pin proceeding tr'm the edge
OF slipping card placed the table anil prepared 20 re-
ceive the ,nds Il the tabl-turnsr The other arnm ~
ches long served for the index Of motion coln All On
the table mark ed the position of toe card AMI ndsL
A 2 ireff no VA
cement End the index either screened from the
the latter looked away them before the tsbs
NOV ed the index showed that the hand ss giving 70
suani pressure the expected direction The effect Vas
carried far enough he tah- for he motion
of be index corrected the judgment Of ha eSpermsner.
who became aware that, Inadvertently side t'rc- hd
been exeritd The card set Tree from the table,
e. tie cement removed This, Of course could not
interfere with any Of the results expected by the table tnr
uerfor Nh he bundle # plates spoken II and s'nSs
cds had been freely moved ON cha tables before but now
that the index WIS there, witnessing % thu eye and
through II 10 the mind ct The table turner not thu slightest
tendency motion either oh card or"t the table Cured
Indeed whether the card let ee at lchrd ~ the
table al motion tendency o motion was ma. In cus
particular there relative motion between the IA
bic and the hads beev. that the hAnis moved in oas
direction the table turner persuaded that the table
moved from under the hand in the other dire't N "A
euags standing the oor aud pointing To thu table.
therefore set up that sui some future occNi ms
ard then, neither motion Of the hand nor OF the table 90
CURED.
the following manner Two thin boards u lhes ny
inches were provided board by inches w-rs glued
to the middle Of the undertake Of Of these, e. b. c
led the table board To raise the edges free fon theta
BILE being placed the table and is sde an
upright pin fixed close To- the further edge OF he board
A. the middle 10 the fucrum for the indicating
lever Then four glass rode, inches long and m diam
e,er were placed as roller. different part, Of this table
board. and the upper board placed on them tho
rods permitted any required amount Of pressure on
the boards, with free motion Of tha upoer on the
lower to the right aud Ln At the par, CORE
spending to the pin in the lower board piece wa Gu; ou
o ibe upper board and pin attached there which being
bent downward entered the hole ia the end 1T the short
arm 81 The index ,yer this par, Of the everw Of card
board. the death prolopgaton was straight hay Stalk
inches long In order To restrain me motion ut th- up
per board the lower two val nzed rubber rings were
passed round both, At the parts not resting on me table,
thf So while hey lied the boards together acted also a.
springs and while they ao~ed the hr't lee pleH tendency
motion IN be by th9 index eXered before ms upper
hoard had moved quarter of inch slH lent power in
pulling the upper board back from either side 20 resist
strong lateral acton Of the hand All being thus arranged
except hist the lever aglythe two boards we're tied
together with string running parallel 10 the vuctoizet
rubber springs ~ 20 be mmoyahl4 IN r. tupn ~ each
other They then placed ~ the table and table
turner a' down 20 them the table very shorty moved N
du. order showing that the apparatus offered No npedi-
sutof action. Ike apparatus with metal rollers pro
duc,d the result under the hands OF another person
The index put into s place add the strog oo'-
ened that the springs should come into ply. IL vas
soon seen " IN the party tht cpnh will t'e motion in
either direction, from whom the index vas purpo'es ms
den that the hands we're gradually creeping up ia n, IL
rccon before agreed uDon, though the party Hniy
thong they pressing down ward only When shOFn
thft 80 they truly surprised but when they
fired up their hands and Immediately the iniaN return
H. ~ normal position they were convinced When they
looked AZ the index end could for Themselves whether
they pressing truly dOWnwHd or oohqieyso az
produce resultant in the right or len handed drfcuon
then such effect took place S'v-rd tined fr
l0ty while oe. ther with The bes, will In the world but
200 motion kht or eft Of the table. hand or ANYTHING
tse occurred passage from the l-tt@r ia The Tins 10
worth reproducing here Illustrating in oner "oris ms
Au4 # this method II s-f ton fhe result sys
A.. f.r rertoa ftet ahe
It remained very steady when II hidden from them,
or they looked away from H. Z wavsred about though
"they believed that they always pressed directly down
ward anj when the table did not move there vas s''u
resultant II hand force in the direction in which w
"Wi.hed the table shoud move, viii however, was OF
.ycised qnite willingly b. the party operating Tob ~
sultan IL which, In the course OF the waiting tune ~he
the fingers and hands become sill numo and iasensi-
be by continued pressure no 10 an amount sum
oert the table the substances pressed upon
But the most valuable effect Of this test apparatus lshish
"wss AerTad ade more perfect and ind4pend"n OF INC
fsbl "a the corrective power possesses over the NINA
Of the tabeurner A. the index T. placed 0effs
the most earnest and they p-rceye-as 10 my p-ssencs
they have always doDatGa' tells truly whether they
are pressing downward Only or Obiqufy thsn all sdecu
Of turning cease though the parties psrssvere,
earnestly desiring notion ~ they become vea'y ibf
worn out No prompting or checking ~ ths hmisb
neededWe porcr Is gone ami this only OTetust mo
uar - are maze concOu5 II what they really cbug
mechanically and 50 unable unwI'unzy 10 dr'riya
themselves. ! know that may say that Il y ms
cardboard the fingers which moves first aud na
both orags the table and also h. table turner WIN "a
All have 70 reply H. tbst the cardboard nay IN prsctcs
be reduced thin sheet Of paper weighing only -.
grair or 70 piece Of g0dbeLier skim or even no end
- the lever aud n principle 10 the very cuice Of ms
fngrrs Itself Then tho resni's that iJhpT are !,
absurd 20 be Admitted tns table 0-comss an .
"iacunbrancs, and person holding out the hngrs
{. m the ar either naked tipped win golfoezters
kin ~ card board ought 20 be drawn about the room.
Sc but refrain from considering imaginary yst coass-
quen results which have nothing philosophical . sa