THE SYMPSYCHOGRAPH. 



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tion is the essence of sym^psychography, a term suggested by- 

 Prof. Amos Gridley, of Alcalde, as distinct from the ordinary 

 ideography of Rogers and Lee. The personal equation would be 

 measurably eliminated in sympsychography, while the cat of the 

 human innate idea, the astral cat, the cat which " never was on 

 sea or land," but in accordance with which all cats have been 

 brought into incarnation, would be more or less perfectly dis- 

 closed. 



In accordance with this plan the experiment was tried under 

 the direction of Mr. Asa Martin. By the courtesy of the secre- 

 tary of the club, Miss Corintha Jones, of Alcalde, we are enabled 



to present a copy of the resultant sympsychograph in advance of 

 the publication of the regular bulletin of the society in which the 

 apparatus used is figured in detail (see Plate 10). 



It will be noticed that this picture is unmistakably one of a 

 cat. But it is a cat in its real essence, the type cat as distin- 

 guished from human impressions of individual cats. This 

 achievement, like the earlier ones of Odin, Rontgen, Rogers, and 

 Lee, opens great vistas for future scientific research. The next 

 experiment will be by similar means to photograph the cat's idea 

 of man. 



As might be expected in a first attempt, there is a lack of co- 

 ordination of the parts. Mr. Gridley, the schoolmaster, had 



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