Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897

page_text: horn, leather.
material.
Other experimental objects can be made of any suitable
In experimenting, two experimental objects must always be used: one held in
the hand, for which the hand itself, or a finger, can be substituted; and the easily
moving experimental object which is mounted on the cap. The degree of
attraction or repulsion between the two is indicated by a-in most cases tolerably
violent-forward or backward rotation of the easily moving experimental object
round the axis of rotation of the cap. Both experimental objects are so formed
that they can be easily or quickly interchanged, or changed with still other
objects, whereby with absolute simplicity astonishingly effective operation is
attained.
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Contrary to electricity, the apparatus operates without any insulation being
necessary, such being otherwise the case only with the magnet and magnetic
needle.
As in the case of steel magnets, experimental objects of like material can be
used for any experiment; which is not possible with electricity.
There are, generally speaking, only two suitable materials from which steel
magnets may be manufactured, whereas there are more than ten times as many
from which hand-magnets may be made, the materials being moreover quite
different.
The male hand-magnets are attracted by any human hand, which is not the
case with, electricity, or even with steel magnets. Whereas steel magnets have
two poles, hand-magnets are unipolar, being either positive or negative.
All hitherto known magnets, or magnetic needles, or electrically influenced
objects, require for their attractive or repulsive motion a stronger, particular
agent, viz. steel magnetism, or a certain source of electricity. Neither of these
are used here. As soon as a hand-magnet form magnetisable by a man's hand is
placed upon the cap, it operates as hand-magnet at once, without either steel
magnet or electricity. If the hand-magnet is magnetised' by friction, electricity
will also be generated upon it, but this may be led to earth by touching all the
parts rubbed, with a good electrical conductor, e.g. a second time with the hand;
and since it will be found that the hand-magnet as such may then be experimented
with just as well before, the electricity being thus neutral, in practice it is best
simply to wholly disregard the electricity generated.
Whilst the steel magnet in general only attracts steel and iron, the male hand-
magnet attracts any desired object of any firm material, including the steel
magnet at both poles, also insulated wires of any kind, even glass, living plants,
flowers and twigs. The male hand-magnet is also attracted by all parts of the
human body, in particular by either hand or by any finger; but it is repelled by a
second male hand-magnet. By strong magnetisation of the one end and weaker
magnetisation of the other, it is easy so to arrange, that the male hand-maguet
only attracts half of a second one, but repels the other half; or that the
commencing repulsive motion without intervention passes suddenly into an
attractive one.
These are all experiments of the positive or male hand-magnetism. The
negative or female remains in all experiments either immovable or pendulates only
very slowly and irregularly. In the same manner with a magnet form which is
magnetised first by a man's hand and then by a woman's hand; the two magnetisms
have here equalised each other. If the magnetisation by a man's hand alone is
continued, the positive magnetism again gains the upper hand and so on.
A male and female hand-magnet, if both parts are normal, must attract one
another. The normal conditions of the persons experimenting is essential and is
pre-supposed in all experiments; but in this manner anomalies and endless
variations in the magnetism of the individual may be ascertained.
On various parts of the body, or by use of a particular friction material (which
operates only as conductor and commutator) a man as well as a woman can
magnetise in different manner. In order to have a general standard for judging, it
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page_text: is, therefore to be recommended that for magnetisation, at all events regularly, the
naked hand be used, as was the case with the above mentioned experiments.
A female hand which is magnetised with or without contact with a male hand
will for from some minutes to half an hour magnetise likewise as a male hand: a
proof that a transmission to it of male magnetism has here taken place.
The invention will prove of great value and use in physics, physiology, psychology
and medicine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I.
claim is:
1. An apparatus for demonstrating an attractive or repulsive (centrifugal) force
produced in and transmissible, without contact by change of temperature and
approach, or by contact, to any desired object, comprising a pillar needle in
combination with a bearing part balanced thereon, acting as a bearer for the
experimental object, of any desired kiud and material, placeable on the same, and
therefore essentially interchangeable.
2. In an apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, the combination of the pillar needle
and the bearing-cap balanced thereon, substantially as and for the purpose.
herein before set forth.
3. In an apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, the combination of the bearing-cap
and interchangeable experimental object, substantially as and for the purpose.
hereinbefore set forth.
4. In an apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, the combination of the pillar-needle,
of the balanced bearing-cap and of the interchangeable experimental object, all..
substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth.
Dated this 4th day of March 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents..