The reality of psychic phenomena : raps, levitations, etc. . n front of the table andon the side remote fromthe medium. There was aclear space of at least 15 the top of thebalance and the under sur-face of the table, and ofcourse no other part of thebalance was in contact withany part of the table. I asked the operators tolevitate the table immedi-ately above the balance. I placed my finger on thepointer whose movementregisters the weights in the pan of the balance,and awaited events. Some minutes elapsed,and then the table gave a few heaves at eitherend. It finally levitated a few
The reality of psychic phenomena : raps, levitations, etc. . n front of the table andon the side remote fromthe medium. There was aclear space of at least 15 the top of thebalance and the under sur-face of the table, and ofcourse no other part of thebalance was in contact withany part of the table. I asked the operators tolevitate the table immedi-ately above the balance. I placed my finger on thepointer whose movementregisters the weights in the pan of the balance,and awaited events. Some minutes elapsed,and then the table gave a few heaves at eitherend. It finally levitated a few inches fromthe floor, and, after remaining in the air someseconds, dropped. Some minutes passed beforethe levitation was again successful, and therewas a lot of preliminary jerking before it wasaccomplished, and, as on the previous occa-sion, it only lasted for the briefest of during each of these evidently difficultlevitations there was no pressure on thebalance beneath the table, for the pointer re-mained stationary in its zero position. Thus. Fig. 11. 110 REALITY OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA the operators had accomplished what was re-quired of them, but apparently only after muchtrouble. Co7iclusion.—The table may be levitated andno reaction pressure be put on the pan of the N t- J ±.. + + A Fig. 12. balance, but such a levitation seems difficult andnot in accordance with the usual method. In thinking over this result it occurred tome that the operators were making use of thatpart of the surface underneath the table out-side a circle projected upwards from the panof the balance, and that this was not theirnormal method of levitation. On inquiring ifthis was the case, they replied by raps in theaffirmative. COMPRESSION SPRING BALANCE 111 Experiment 45: The operators were told not totake any notice of the balance, but tolevitate in their normal manner. To findthe vertical reaction. The seance-table and the 14-lb. balance wereused. I placed a piece of dark cloth on the p
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