The morning times., 1896-02-16

midnight performances, he said that they
were experiments with Roentgen's rays.
After some further talk DR.. zaubermacher
gave the facts on which the bits of his per
sonafhistory recited above are given.
''I have made another discovery" he
said, which, think, will in great many
respects discount what has already been
given TO the public by the cNploiters of the
wonderful power OF the light. l heard OF
the discovery while l was in Chicago, and
FASTENED here in order to supply myself
with materials aud appliances TO test my
theory as to the fixing Of images in space.
You have probably noted that the pho
tographS said to be obtained by the rays are
made on Il >ensitized plate. between which
aud the tn he the object stands. THIS proc
rss YOU viii see at once is only possible
where the object, if alive, consents to the
process. So far as the determination of psy-
Geological phenomena is concerned, the de-
termination is possible, therefore. III tie
ease of human beings on the will OF him who
"sits" for his picture, external or internal.
What | have discovered is a method OF
taking photographs with or without the
knowledge of the object or person OF the
process of photography.
THAT pictures can be fixed in space with
outa seusitzed plate has, TO my mind, been
proved for ages in the fata morgana and
what is called mirage. Mira ges are frequent
on the deserts. The pillar of fire of the
Bible aud the flaming sword OF Constantine
are now explainabe by material objects
YES: l have used the Crooke tube, as l
suppose 1t is, from the descriptions in the
-f,,s.. 4 ff.,,T
! the cathode light by a process which Will
not now discuss, except to say that the new
element have introduced is one which cou-
verges the rays after passing through or
around the object. For instance, if ! place
my device in front of this bottle-a beer
bottle half full, by the way-the image is
formed in the air at certain distance
about four feet beyond the object.
The mere fact of producing such an inn
age in space would not be very valuable
achievement. unless it were capable of re-
production. ] was afraid when produced
the first Image that excessive polarization
would have destroyed its power of repro
duction, but such is not the fact
How do You account for that?"
Il frankly confess do not know
Prof. Zaubermacher was kind enough TO
produce an air image Of glass of water
by his method, which was very simple
| process: for i new glass of water was pro-
duced in the air at Il distance Of about four
feet beyond its position on the table. This,
he explained, was effected primarily by The
powerful Roentgen rays, and secOudarilyby
tie new element which he said was not
chemical but compound 'eyeglass' in the
tube. which converged the rays 10 a certain
angle after passing the object, 1.-THE very
reverse" he said, 'of the well-known trick
with the parobolic reflector.
"There," said the professor, handing The
Times a little card about the size Of play
ing card. lis the photograph of the glass in
the atr.''
TINS was another startling revelation, for,
| in fact. the air image was not only repro
duced as to size and shape, but the picture
| presented an anlysis of the water. The
rays, passing through the water, had caught
the living solids in it, which look so
strange aud frightfnl under the micro
scope, and reproduced them on the mag
How was that done?'
''Oh, that is easy smiled the professor.
sNotice these arms on the tube. They arc
ad Unstable, as you see, and can be extended