The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-14
Doctors MatIa and
 Van Zeist of Holland
 Weighed a Ghost
 and Found It Tipped / Scale at Two and
 One-quarter Ounces

This was placed in a small structure spe- cially built and with concrete floor. and so constructed that earth vibrations could not account for any phenomena demonstrated The cylinder was dramatically sealed and fitted with thermometer that registered the displacement of air in the cylinder. denotiEg the presence of liquids or solids accounting for such displacement
 The form of their acquiring what they regarded as being the result of direct effort on the part of manifesting spirits" con- frmed their faith in having invisible assist ants in their remarkable experiments who at their request could manifest by entering the sealed cylinder and. as the cratic move ment of the alcohol in the thermometer tube recorded. contract or expand at the will" of the manifesting force
 With the progress Of their experimenting fin this direction larger cylinders were em- ployed until finally one corresponding to the s;zc Of q fully grown adult was used With the thermometer recording that the entire interior of this cylinder was occupied by something other than the air 1t contained al the commencement of the experiment a method of weighing the cylinder and its in visible occupant was applied. with the result that the cSperimenters deduced that the weight of their Cpurported) discaruate com municant was approximately two and quarter ounces
 It would seem that this stage of their unique undertaking encouraged experiment. Ing in the direction of providing their ghost ly cooperators with the means to demon strate their respective individuality and in- teiligence-in other words. to prove that the force behind the contraction and expansion of the occupant Of the cylinder had the knowledge of a human being and the ii-teili- gence to manifest that knowledge in a man. ner that would cOnclusiveiy prove the sue cess of the instrument as scientifically solv- ing the problem of communication between this and other spheres
 Weighing the Spiritual CoNaborator
 Showed Him or Her st zL Ounces
 IL may be noted that Drs- AIatla and Van Fnw Home and personal integrity in Scandinavian Eti- rope on parallel with those of Sir Oliver Lodge. the late SIT William Crookes and. 1T, fact. any known scientist Their belief in their having been assisted in a practical way by the communicating entities with whoEr they sought contact in the course Of soma hundreds of recorded instances Of purpo-ted "coTTesI~'ndence' was duplicated in the sn- stance of the late Dr. Crawford CT .he Queens University. Belfast. Iceland. whose monumental works the subject Of sct- entific investigation of the occult detail tha help he received from the invisible. he termed them. operators" in his deductions as to the percussive force applied in ths course of his experiments and such forming the code method Of their suggestions as 60
 how he could best assure receiving assist from them"
 After some twenty years Of laborious and ti-eless mental and physical effort the Dutch scientists would seem have accomplished a marked success and. apart from their srit-
 ceeding in corrclating the molecular atoms
 as providing for manifesting force. with
 the result that the fully completed tnsrr-l-
 msnt of communication. their -dynarnIsto-
 graph" apparently satisfied them that they
 had achieved definite stage of their re-
 search-the actual Identification of the com
 muntcattns entities and their willingness
 and ability to assist the eNperfrnentcrs
 The mechanical action of their instrument
 may be more simply described a comhina-
 ton of the much debated ouita board and m
 ordinary typewriter. with. in addition 10 the
 cylinder already referred to. a second cylIn-
 der that was vaguely referred to as con-
 trolling the nanifestinE force contained in
 the other one when in operation With the
 depressing of mcmbraneiske fabric band b. the manifsstinG force the letters or nu-
 merals required 10 form complete words and
 sentsnces were In turn depressed and
 through the medium of an linked ribbon
 were imprinted upon narrow strips of paper precisely as in the case of the familiar news
 ticker. With the depression of the mem bTane in the slightest Of degrees a delicate
 crutrivance was set work that formed an electrical contact that. in operating upon a magnet. caused n hammer 10 descend sharply with the result that the required 'stters were imprinted upon the strip of paper. Tn Dry Weather Spirits Worked Best
 In Wet. Electrical Device Was Altered The ouija board element Of the device
 found it's place in the system governing the
 Sc.ection of the proper letters or numbers
 words slowly revolving disc. on which were painted rle letters Of the alphabet and the ten numerals placed behind a blank disc that each letter appeared moneu-
 tartly visible through small aperture cut
 t- the outer disc SynchronizinE with the
 revolution of the iettered and numbered disc . and the appearance consecutively of each , letter and number at the aperture a dupli- cate type letter fell into place in readiness . 10 be recorded the depression Of the membrane A simple explanation of the operation of the elaborateIy designed mech anism Is apparent in the theory Of the inventors <hat the invisible manifestinE force had human intelligence and sight. knowl- edge of the alphabet and its uses fin word forming, also the physical power to depress the membrane key at the right moment and the letters or numbers required appeared , at the aperture
 , With the use of acetyiene gas it wal, noted that better results were obtained. and especially when extremely dry weather
 ruled Where Holland has extended rainy seasons. with the accompanying general dsmpness of the atmosphere. it was found necessary to overcome its effect upon the operation of the instrument by changing the general electrical force and equipment. Thss 3 tasic theory of the eNperimenters was that ihe manifesting force was Of electrical character. and had therefore 10 be assisted
 by the application Of electricity it Is . known to the electrical expert