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546 lcmrnal of tile American Society for Psychical Research.
revolution from left to right and I felt a distinct air current
from the window causing it.
I then tried two burning matches, one at a time·, held near
the cylinder and did not get a stir. I had placed a large book
between the cylinder and the window so that the current from·
the window was excluded. I then tried rotation by electrified
sheet of paper but got no result.
I withheld my .hands for some time and the cylinder remained
perfectly still and then I put my hands near it again and
after a pause it began to move rather rapidly and steadily for
one revolution, paused, continued the rotation another revolution
paused again and repeated another rotation from left to right.
It then ceased motion and I held my hands about it for some
time without effect.
I was out till 10.30 P . M. and on my return I opened the
door quickly ten feet distant and walked forward and turned
on the light four feet distant from the cylinder. It did not
budge in any respect whatever, tho I produced considerable air
currents in the room. I then held my hands as before near the
cylinder perhaps for five minutes and it did not budge or shake
or rotate in any respect whatever. There was no shelter this
time from air currents from the window.
Boston, Mass., April 3rd, 1918.
I had an experiment with Mrs. Chenoweth this evening,
Mr. Chenoweth and I being present to see if we could get
such phenomena as. have been recorded here.
I made the first trial with no result. As I rested my anns
on the small table, it is probable that the pulse may have caused
tremors, but observation showed that it produced no effect to
be noted or even observable. Mrs. Chenoweth tried the second
experiment with anns on the table and no result. I then tried
the third experiment with arms off the table and no result.
I then tried to produce air currents to make the cylinder revolve
by drawing my hands rapidly in opposite directions near
the cylinder, but without success. It did not even budge, save
for a little vibration at the lower edges. But there was not the
slightest rotatory movement.
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