The reality of psychic phenomena : raps, levitations, etc. . s in. Take the case of the four tables levitatedover the platform of the weighing-machine(Chapter VI.). Two of these tables were levitatedwith the surface practically level, and two withthe surface at angles of about 30 degrees withthe horizonal. It is to be noted it was with thesmaller-sized tables (tables 3 and 4) that theinclination occurred. Does it not seem likelythat the operators experienced difficulty in get-ting their levitating structure properly beneaththese tables, owing to the relatively small area ofsurface and to the f
The reality of psychic phenomena : raps, levitations, etc. . s in. Take the case of the four tables levitatedover the platform of the weighing-machine(Chapter VI.). Two of these tables were levitatedwith the surface practically level, and two withthe surface at angles of about 30 degrees withthe horizonal. It is to be noted it was with thesmaller-sized tables (tables 3 and 4) that theinclination occurred. Does it not seem likelythat the operators experienced difficulty in get-ting their levitating structure properly beneaththese tables, owing to the relatively small area ofsurface and to the fact that the tables were rest-ing on the top of the platform of the machine,a height of about 7 in. ? And that in conse- A CANTILEVER THEORY 171 quence the cantilever, instead of being* whatI may call the standard shape of fig. 27, wasfor convenience more like fig. 31 ? The reader should bear in mind that the thick-ness of the arm shown in figs. 27-31 hasno significance. The real thickness of the armsis probably very much greater than that Levitated Fig. 31. sketched, perhaps being in the vicinity of thatshown in fig. 32. The part A is probably narrow, and the armbroadens and deepens out below the tableat B; the part A may even consist of twoor three arms springing from various parts ofthe body of the medium and coalescing intoone large portion in the neighbourhood ofthe table. 172 REALITY OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA The cantilever theory throws some light onthe anomalous results of Chapter VI. In thecase of the levitation of the stool over theplatform of the w^eighing-machine, it will beremembered that the steelyard was quite stiffduring the levitation, and immediately regained
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