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... conclusion that there was no evidence whatever of any special . agency proceeding from the baquet ; for not only were they unable to detect the passage of any influence from it , that was appreciable , either by electric , mag- netic ...
... conclusion that there was no evidence whatever of any special . agency proceeding from the baquet ; for not only were they unable to detect the passage of any influence from it , that was appreciable , either by electric , mag- netic ...
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... conclusion that its oscillations were directed by the hypothetical ' odyle , ' and altogether ignoring the mental participation of the operator , whom he supposed to be as passive as a thermometer or a balance . By a series of elaborate ...
... conclusion that its oscillations were directed by the hypothetical ' odyle , ' and altogether ignoring the mental participation of the operator , whom he supposed to be as passive as a thermometer or a balance . By a series of elaborate ...
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... conclusions of his own . The results of his first experiments entirely corre- sponded with his ideas of what they ought to be ; for when a globule of one medicine was taken into his disengaged hand , the suspended ball oscillated longi ...
... conclusions of his own . The results of his first experiments entirely corre- sponded with his ideas of what they ought to be ; for when a globule of one medicine was taken into his disengaged hand , the suspended ball oscillated longi ...
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... conclusions anticipated 1 I have lately received a pamphlet from an Engineer in the United States , giving most circumstantial details of successes thus obtained within his own experience . those to which I was myself led , in ignorance ...
... conclusions anticipated 1 I have lately received a pamphlet from an Engineer in the United States , giving most circumstantial details of successes thus obtained within his own experience . those to which I was myself led , in ignorance ...
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... conclusion that several of those in whose hands the Divining Rod moves , set it in motion , and direct its motion ( however unintentionally and unconsciously ) by the pressure of their fingers , and by carrying their hands near - to or ...
... conclusion that several of those in whose hands the Divining Rod moves , set it in motion , and direct its motion ( however unintentionally and unconsciously ) by the pressure of their fingers , and by carrying their hands near - to or ...
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