Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-09

lion, and also to retain the cards in any new
position which they might acquire, and ye
weak enough 10 give way slowly to con
lnued force. When al los, The table
cards and hands all moved 10 The left iogelh
or, and true result was obtained, | TOOK
the cards. On examination, it was easy Il
see. by the displacement Of the parts of the
pencil line, that the hand had moved
lurlher than the table, and that the latter haC
Jagged behind--lhal The hand, in fact. hat
pushed the upper card 10 the left, and tha
the under cards and table had followed
and been dragged by it In other similar
cases, when The table had not moved, sill
the upper card was found 10 have moved
showing lha, the hand had carried it il
the expected direction. Ii was evident
therefore, tha, the table had not drawn lhe
hand and person around, nor had it moved
simultaneously with the hand. The hanc
had left all things under it behind, and the
table evidently tended continually 10 keeF
The hand back.
The next step was TO arrange an index
which should show whether the liable moved
first, or The hand moved before the liable
or both moved or remained al rest together
AT first this was done by placing an uPrish
pin fixed upon leaden foot upon the Ia
bic, and using Iha, as the fulcrum Of @
lighI lever, The latter was made Of a slF
Of (ooscap paper, and The sholI arm, abou
The quarter oil an inch in length, was
attached 10 pin proceeding from the
edge Of slipping card placed on the
table, and prepared TO receive the hands o
the ,abIelurner. The other arm of IL!
inches long served for the index Of mo
lion. coin laid on the table marked The
normal position of the card and index. A
first the slipping card was attached TO the ia
ble by The soft cement, ana The index was
either screened from lhe turner, or the la!iel
looked awav then, before the table moved
the index showed that The hand was giving
a resultant pressure in the expected direc
lion. The effect was never carried ial
enough 10 move The table, for the motion o
The index corrected The judgment of the
experimenter, who became aware that, in
advenanlIy, side force had been exered
The cald was now set free from the table
that is, The cement was removed. This, o
course, could not interfere with any Of the
results expected by the lable-iurner--fol
both The bundle of plates spoken Of and
single cards had been freely moved on the
tables before; but now that The index was
there, Witnessing 10 the eye, and through
il 10 the mind, Of the labIe-lurner, not the
slightest tendency 10 motion either Of the
card or Of the .able occurred. Indeed
whether The card was left free or alached
10 The table, all motion or tendency 10 mo.
Iion. .was...g gone.u.ln.aeRe par.iealaf.ease
there was relative motion between the ia.
BILE and ,he hands. believe that the hands
moved in one direction; the lable.iurner
was persuaded that The table moved from
under The hand in the other direclion--a
guage, standing upon The floor and pointing
10 The table, was therefore Sc, up on that anc
some future occasionS--and then neither
a motion of the hand nor the table oc'
Cured.
A more perfect lever apparatus was Iher
constructed in the following manner; Two
thin boards, 81 inches by 7 inches, were
provided; board, 9 by inches were gluec
10 The middle Of The unders6e Of one o
these 10 he called the able.board), so as tt
raise The edges free from the table; being
placed on the iaole, near and parallel 10 it.
side, an upright pin was fixed close 10 Iht
further edge Of the board al the middle, ,c
serve as The lulcrum of The indicating le
ver Then, four glass rods, Z inches Ion,
and ! in diameter, were placed as roller
on different parts Of this Iable-board, ant
lhe upper board placed on Them The rod
permiued any required amount Of pressure
on the boards, with free motion Of the up
per on The lower 10 the right and left. A
The parl corresponding 10 the pin in The low
er board, piece was cut out in The uppe
board, and pin attached there which, bein,
bent downward, entered the hole in The enC
Of the short arm Of the index lever; thi
pant Of The lever was Of card board; III,
indicating prolongalion was q straight hay
stalk Is inches long. In order 10 restrain
the motion OF the upper board on the low
or, Two vulcanized rubber rings were passet
around both, a. the parts not resting on tn,
table these, while they tied The board
together, acted also as springs--and whil
they allowed the first (eeblest tendency Il
motion 10 he seen by the index, exertet
before The upper board had moved quare
of an inch sufficien, power in pulling tn,
upper board back from either side, 10 re
ssI strong lateral action OF the hand
All being thus arranged, except ,ha, The lie
yer was away, the Two boards were tie,
together by string, running parallel 10 tn
vulcanized rubber springs, so as TO be i'm
movable in relation TO each other. The!
we're then placed on the table, and a ia
ble.turner sat down TO ihem-,he table We
ry shortly moved in due order, showing
tha. the apparatus offered no impedimenl {,
the action. A like apparatus with meta
rollers produced the same result under tn
hands Of another person.
The index was now pu, into its plac
and The string loosened, so that the spring
should come n,o play. |. was soon seer
with The party that that could will The motto
in either direction, from whom the inde
was purposely hidden,) that the hands wer
, gradually creeping up in the direction be
fore agreed upon, though the party though
they were pressing downward only. Whe
shown ,ha. ii was so, they were truly SUI
prised but when they lilIed up their hands
and Immediately saw the index return TO il
normal position, they we're convinced. Whe
they looked at the index and saw Tor then
f selves whether they were pressing dowr