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... sensitive ' sub- jects further accounts for their being affected ( without any intentional deceit ) by physical impressions which are quite imperceptible to others such as slight differences in temperature , when two coins are pre ...
... sensitive ' sub- jects further accounts for their being affected ( without any intentional deceit ) by physical impressions which are quite imperceptible to others such as slight differences in temperature , when two coins are pre ...
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... sensitive ' subjects so peculiarly affected by the neigh- bourhood of Magnets or Crystals , as to justify the assumption of a special polar force which he termed Odyle , allied to , but not identical with , Magnetism ; present in all ...
... sensitive ' subjects so peculiarly affected by the neigh- bourhood of Magnets or Crystals , as to justify the assumption of a special polar force which he termed Odyle , allied to , but not identical with , Magnetism ; present in all ...
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... sensitive , that she saw ( in the dark ) sparks and flames issuing from ordinary nails and hooks in a wall . It was further affirmed that certain of these ' sensitives ' found their hands so powerfully attracted by magnets . or crystals ...
... sensitive , that she saw ( in the dark ) sparks and flames issuing from ordinary nails and hooks in a wall . It was further affirmed that certain of these ' sensitives ' found their hands so powerfully attracted by magnets . or crystals ...
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... sensitive " and nervous subjects . But it is an undoubted fact " that with many individuals , and especially of the " highly nervous , and imaginative , and abstractive . " classes , a strong direction of inward consciousness to " any ...
... sensitive " and nervous subjects . But it is an undoubted fact " that with many individuals , and especially of the " highly nervous , and imaginative , and abstractive . " classes , a strong direction of inward consciousness to " any ...
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... sensitive ' was placed above or beneath it , the magnet was never drawn towards the hand - ought to have convinced him that the force which attracted the ' sensitive's ' hand to the magnet has nothing in common with physical attractions ...
... sensitive ' was placed above or beneath it , the magnet was never drawn towards the hand - ought to have convinced him that the force which attracted the ' sensitive's ' hand to the magnet has nothing in common with physical attractions ...
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