Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-19
HERE'S WAY TO TEST YOUR WILL POWER
Scientist Explains Workings of Simple Machine
BY HEREWARD HARRINGTON
Scientist and Author


 NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Have you which is often asked. It is hard to determine it with any degree os cer- titude, but at last a simple machine has been devised which enables any one to make an approximate meas urement of his will power
 This appliance does not record alone the power or force of the will It is coupled with other powers, of which we at present know little. such as the possible "externalization," from the body-and particularly the finger tips-of a subtle energy, whose nature has not yet been defined.
 Some persons have the power. ap- parently, of radiating this from their fingers at will, while others have not Nevertheless, the new will power test is most interesting and, inasmuch as the apparatus is comparatively easy to make. anyone can construct one and try his luck!
 Procure a light board, about IS inches in length, and approximately a foot in breadth. It should be a quar- tier of an inch in thickness, the grain of the wood running the length Of the DOdTu tnOt CTOSS-WdyS).
 About six inches from one end of this board glue another strip of the same wood, about two inches wide, running the width of the hoard This strip should not be in the center, but Ia couple of inches to one side of it.
 In this strip of wood cut two point ed grooves, near the edges, about an inch in length. and at an angle of about forty-five degrees.
 Now, drive a tack into the edge of the board in the middle of it's lond end-that is, in the edge furthest re- moved from the strip glued to the bot tom of the board. This part of the apparatus is now complete.
 Next, construct a base of wood, solid and heavy, about foot square Nail or screw to the sides of this two columns of wood. about an inch in diameter, and about three inches in height. Cut the tops of these two columns into knife-edges-that is, sharp edges, which run along the eni tire width of the top of the column. These are cut in one parallel line. so that ruler placed on one knife-edge will also rest on the other one. These knife-edges should just fit into the two grooves cut in the strip of the board. so that the long board may now be placed upon these edges, and will rest and balance upon them. The Joug end of the board will naturally rest on the table. being heavier than the short end. But if it be lifted up, the entire board will swing and pivot on the knife-edges.
 Finally. procure a delicate sprink balance, capable of registering fine changes in weight. Attach a scale pan to this, by means of a thread. to the tack in the long end of the board and adjust it so that the board rests in horizontal position. One end of it is now supported by the two knife edges, and the other end by the thread to the scales.
 It will now be found that the board weighs "somuch." which should be noted. The subject is told to place his fingers on the short end of the board. Now. if he presses on these fingers, it will cause the long end of the board to swing upward and hence weigh less. By no pressure with the hands can it be made to weigh more.
 The subject is told to look intcntly at the long end of the board and will that it will be depressed. In certain cases. a definite. though slight, pres sure will be recorded. See how much you can depress the board in this nanneri