The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-05-31
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refused for lone while t1 publish "a.
for there were ihU-o Who believed tb..
the professor had Impaired .is W.Ia
as wen as his body hg 1'N l.y ap.,l
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reads
Holding the chair of chemistry IA tn
university. all the work ot my hrait
has been devoted tu the decomposition
and reconstruction of matter. | have
long been convinced thar We must pass
through matter To- get at spirit In 9th.
or words. our medium instead of being
person must he science. Now, by
chemical agents We photograph matter
which We can see. More than this, we
photograph objects We cannot see cS
ccpt 10y the aid Of the microscope Still
more. We photograph objects beyond
the range of our vision even assisted
by the telescope Ergo may We not
10y the extension Of the process nj last
get II picture of beings existing III
spirit form
This dry scientific preface is but pre-
limiuary To the story | have t. tell and
is essential 10 its understanding Ten
years ago | married Louisa Markham
Five years ago she died Since then
my scientific studies have run in but
one view. To bring her within the sight
of my mortal eyes
The discovery Of Tndium gave II new
impulse to my investigations Eadium
is the first substance known &C. exert
power without cNhau~ting itself The
steam engine must have ,o1l the body
food. As soon Us | heard OF radium It
struck me that here was a substance
akin to spirit, neither requiring fuel
We may photograph matter even
though invisible. Therefore may we
not photograph spirit:
will not ask you to follow me In
my studies of Photographic processes.
| tried to penetrate the realm Of soul
| will only say that | AZ last discover
ed substance which converted into
II plate. or. rather laid upon II plate n
hundred times more sensitive than any
known form of matter. Ii was one Of
many ! had tried in making ordinary
photographs and failed Bur on one
occasion while experimenting with II
l was called away. on returning sew
eral days later tool, the plate from
the camera To- develop IL
To assign reason for this impulse
l had no object of which was con
col a 20
field and enter that Of psychology
am convinced that | was impellcd by
one IN the spirit world 10 develop the
plate Such direction given to human
thought l. very common. | developed
my plate-not with the usual agents.
but others had proved 10y experiment
to be far more dclicate-and what was
my establishment to see the semblanCe
of human forms The difference be
tween them and living persons can
not explain. To get an idea OF them
they must be seen.
Why these figures had appeared be
fore my camera | do not know
rould never get them again II they
were spirits they had happened TO he
where they would he photographed.
pondcrcd long on how | might pho
tograph my wife, provided she was ac.
cuStoncd to frequent places she had
been used Ia frcquenting in life. There
is a window Of her bedroom at which
she used 10 sit ana look over view Of
rolling ground on which were scatter
ed several of the college buildings II
occurred to me to keep plate con
stantIy exposed hearing ou the chair
she had used in this window in the
hope that she would come there.
\ weeks exposure failed To show
any imprvS Sion On the plate. Possibly,
| thought, ordinary light is not strong
enough for the purpose. / determined
To use the strongest light available,
The room faced south, the sun being
On II in summer from O'Clock in the
tin about , Ia the evening. |
rugged lens uu the principle Of the
common ,,luglaS> outside the window
throwing on the chair light conn
posed of the cuuycr-iu- rays OF tn
sun. Ny lens WAS arranged to turn by
rlockwurk, So that the lighl thrown on
the chair would continue irrespective
If the suns apparent motion.
exposed MY plate AN one very clear
lay. but found nothing on it when de
yelopcd l'or five Successive days the
sun shonc wei, continued the cN
posurc After the i!lh exposure a faint
figure appeared un the plate \ print