The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-23

Him aud Gets Him to Think One
subjeet-Then by Some Curious Pro-
cess the Thing the Msn is Thioking
About is Photographed on the Film
Outside the Mans Head Young Edison
Says People VIII Think IL Fake
New York, Dec. 22-The Herald says:
Guard well your thoughts when you are
with Edison, Jr. They may be photograph
ed. This warning is given on the asser-
ton of Edison, Jr.. who declares that he
has photographed a human thought He
maintains that with the aid of the y ray.
hypnoism, hard thinking man and mys-
terious appliances whose secret is his alone
and carefully guarded he has succeeded in
transmitting to highly sensitzed film the
out line of an object which a human be-
ing's mind was centered on.
Describing all TINS with an air of Ella
ton, the experimenter predicts wonderful
achievements in the near future He says
it win be safe for the present to think any
thing you like when he is around, because
thus far he has been able only 20 photo
graph the shape OF a thought and would
not know what it was unless interpreted
10 him. And there he must stop for the
time being while he goes ahead turning
out things which promise financial returns
but these perfected, ne says, and his for
tune made, look out for snap shots of your
thoughts.
II was told IN the Herald fortnight ago
how Edison, j., was sent forth into the
world by his iliustrious father, 10 gain
knowledge of mankind
You have been with me-" admonished
the elder. until you know almost as much
in a technical way as do. You have ideas,
too. Now you want to know men and the
world. Depart from me and see what you
can do for yourself And the young man
went That was four months ago. He
established himself at No. 6 Wall street and
bent his mentality TO those ideas with
which his father had credited him.
One OF these, he explained yesterday, was
photography OF the human thought. Deep
ly had this competitor for his fathers title
of wizard been interested in this subject,
and long had he pondered over it. His
zeal had been stirred by the experiments
of distinguished scientists at home and
abroad in this field of endeavor, and ne
had closely studied their methods and re-
suits.
The Herald had supplied him with much
information as TO the attainments of those
VINO had been before him in this domain
of research. He had read of the discoveries
of that eminent Frenchman DR.. d. r. Hip
polite Baraduc. who had described 10 the
scientists of aPris his measurement OF vi
tai force.
BY photography. the Frenchman said,
he had been enabled to register and meas
ure the volatile matter of which every liv-
ing thing is constantly r:dding itself. He
had found human invisible light differing
from all forms OF physical energy, having
its origin in human life itself.
Then there was that startling achieve
nient of Ingl!s Roger, OF Plymouth, Eng
land He had tried Nainly TO picture his
mental impressions with the camera, first
looking at a piece of white cardboard on
which a black cross was drawn, then
quickly showing a sensitized plate In front
a circumstance. .mendk wpudcmfwypmfu
of the cardboard. At length, however, a
circumstance enabled him to get picture
of his wife's brain.
As the Englishman described il. his wife
went to a play, and was so impressed with
an actress performance in a shipwreck
scene that she could not rid her thoughts
OA IL. Il VI thp iAAe AtS anu a hdS tiAao
preston haunted her wildly Her hus-
band was suddenly struck with an idea.
He ran for his Photographic apparatus. put
his wife's head in position and took a
picture of it. There on the plate was shown
the shipwreck scene. with the actress in
the center of the stage. Mr.. Roger even
mentions the name OF the play and the
actress in relating the wonderful feat. The
cable dispatches have not told what show
has hired him for press agent.
Furthermore, there was Professor J. AL
iison Hodges, OF Richmond, Va. who pho
tographed brain cells and their contents,
and had TO suspend his experiments tenn
porarily until he found a colored man who
was willing for hire 10 have h,s skull OPEN
ed and his gray matter posed for the cam
era. Professor Angelo Masso. OF Turin,
had taken a hand al looking into the sub
tleties OF life and had measured emotions
and their variations as indicated by the
rush of blood from the feet 10 the head,
both asleep and awake.
Thus Edison, Jr., in thinking about
thoughts, cabinet size or panel. was no
more venturesome than others had been.
With ready frankness, Withholding only
the secrets of his appliances, the date and
place Of the experiment. the name OF the
subject and the picture itself, Edison, Jr..
told me yesterday how hs photographed
a thought.
First OF all he made A few tests with
human emotions. He constructed for an
adults head a chemical bandage. whose
were OF chemical combination
winch is jealousy guarded secret. This
closely fitted the head. Leading
from the temples and the top OF the head
stihe point where a baby's skull il not
Joined were delicate conductors charged
with some secret chemical 70 carry the
most minute vibration. These were az
tachsd 10 a graduate OF secret properties
and a series OF disks which were 20 register
the vibrations. Then there was an V ray
apparatus, but this was of the ordinary
kind ard without secrets.
The next thing was 20 find the mar. On
Is one able 10 concentrate his thouSat FOR
a whole Minute on sinbie object was e.i-
gfble. This species IS ss rare. Edison, J..
explains as a man VINO can think CT moth
ing az all. but at last ae found one. ThLs
nan : also one OF the secrets; you see.
there are many.
Edison, Jr. had never before tried hyp-
r0-ism. not even on Newspaper men, 20
work out h-s theory. but he had 20 do 8:
On the secret man of a thought minute
TIE plan was 70 try % Photograph
thought Of q quarter OF dollar. TIE sub
ject said he knew he could mink of quar-
ter OF a minute. II rot IoaZsr. = Ae could
ouly see one. and thus assured Edissn. Jr.,
produced the coin.
He placed 4 OF a waste paper. snt re
subject fastened his gaze upoa IT,
'-Tai1k of every part q H.. commanded
Edison. Jr. Think CT the figures On y.
he edge. everything
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