The Divining Rod
Subtitle: a history of water witching, with a bibliography
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Introductory note, by O. E. Meinzer 5; title: Form of the divining rod 7; title: Origin of the divining rod 8; title: Spread of the delusion 12; title: Origin of "water witching" 15; title: Ecclesiastical controversies 16; title: Use of the divining rod in detecting criminals 16; title: Scientific controversies 18; title: Le Brun and others 18; title: Thouvenel 18; title: Chevreul and Faraday 21; title: Latimer 21; title: Raymond 99; title: Barrett 22; title: Mager 23; title: Recent investigations 23; title: Mechanical water finders 23; title: Bibliography of "water witching" 26; title: Index 55; title: ILLUSTRATIONS.; title: Figure 1. Ordinary divining rod held in the usual manner 7; title: 2. Less common manner of holding the divining rod 7; title: 3. Various old types of divining rods and the ways in which they were held ; after Vallemont (1693) 8; title: 4. Use of divining rods in prospecting for ore; from Agricola, De re metallica (German edition, 1580) 13