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156 SPIB1TUAL SCIENTIST.
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Aindenee qf the DIrect Voice.
SpeAking of a seaslI:e with Mnud Lord on
April " 14, the b. 1. Ilpr 21 8Ilys: "A yonng
Jo-rench lIldy present was lrequelltly addrWled
in her natlve tongue, and wben &be replied
In Jo:ugllab tbe splrlf...'lfoice refUlied to answer
In any other than the French language. A
, Norwegian present was also 'accosted in that
tol:lgue by one oltha Independent .volces; In_
deed atone time In tho8eance tAr:ee /a7Iguagll$
",ere being BPoken at one a71d the same ;..... tont,
'lfl~: Mm. Lord was, In Engllsb, de'ICribing
spirits seen by ber near varlous parties before
ber. wblle behind and at one side of ber the
In,dependent' v.,lces were conversing with
friends In Frencb and Norwegian, The
. ~kepUc mWit bear In mind that this ststement
i. not one of irresponsible hearsay, but
b:l.sed upon the evidence of wiLncsses residing
in' lloston, and wbo represent tbemselves as
pl6!l'led bnyoud moasore wi!.!a lb~ te,ta thu.s
rec:eived, the fact that Mrs, Lord h ... q no
,kiJowledge \Wbatever of either the French or
}rorweglan dialect being ~o them added proof
oC the reliability of the me-.sages they then
Bnd there received. .
We can add our IP.stimony to that given by
tbe Banner. We ha .. e beard as maoy voire,;
_peaking at one and the same tlmc at Bome ol
her seances.
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M. Beeque>'el and Eleelro (''hemi8try,'
,III. Becqoerel, the dlstingulsbed Jo'rencla'
pb~iclst., who died In Jannary last, at the
advanced sA" of ninety years, was the foun·
der 'of ahe _deuce of electro-chemlsLry. Ho
Was tbe fin/!. to discover that eleclrlcity is one
of the results of cbemlcal combination, and
that it I. produced by the action of acids on
metals, and the fint to construct clcmeuts 'of
twoliquldeseparated by a partitl~u, tbualnv~htlng
a battery posse$SIng 1\ constancy and
reguJarity of action bltham unknown. lIe
invented the electric·thermometer, by wblch
from a distance the temperature of tho interior
of adlmal. and vegetables, as well as that
"f plevated regions of the atmosphere, may
be determined, and aleo the electro-magnetic
balance and the dift'erentlir.l galvanometer.
ne also made Investigations of great ImportiIoce
In meterology, notably 10 the climatic
, .; i ,changes dne to forests.· Be was a most Indo­
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f.Wgable worker, contlnulngbis elaborate re­
. oearebes, despite his great· age, np to the period
of bls deadl.
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A i1ho!.r NO'IIeS without I'hysieal Contact.
T. L. NIchola, M. D., stly8 10 the I. e. 294,
Mr. Fglluton being the medium: "Looking,
we !III saw a IIgbt cane-boUOmed chair about
six feet from the table, tlltlng Itself upon two
legs, rocking backw~rd lUld forn8l'll, U1t1Dg
back and balaocln~ on its binder legs, 110-
8werlnll our questions with Its,movements;
and finally, at our ftq ueot, It walked fornard
on two of Its legs and placed !tsell at the ta.­
ble, pr_ed against my ~ee cnressi!lldy, and
bebaved 10 all, respects Uke a chair glfts