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Further Experiments 



[Oaober, 



Experiment VI. — Having met with these results in Mr. 

 Home's absence, I was anxious to see what action would be 

 produced on the instrument in his presence. 



Accordingly I asked him to try, but without explaining 

 the instrument to him. 



Fig. ii. 



Scale of Seconds. 



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L&ecs. 



I grasped Mr. Home's right arm above the wrist and held 

 his hand over the membrane, about 10 inches from its sur- 

 face, in the position shown at p, Fig. 10. His other hand was 

 held by a friend. After remaining in this position for about 

 half a minute, Mr. Home said he felt some influence passing. 

 I then set the clock going, and we all saw the index, c, 

 moving up and down. The movements were much slower 

 than in the former case, and were almost entirely unaccom- 

 panied by the percussive vibrations then noticed. 



Figs. 12 and 13 show the curves produced on the glass on 

 two of these occasions. 



Figs. 11, 12, 13 are magnified. 



These experiments confirm beyond doubt the conclusions 

 at which I arrived in my former paper, namely, the existence 

 of a force associated, in some manner not yet explained, 

 with the human organisation, b}^ which force, increased 

 weight is capable of being imparted to solid bodies without 

 physical contact. In the case of Mr. Home, the develop- 

 ment of this force varies enormously, not only from week to 

 week, but from hour to' hour ; on some occasions the force 

 is inappreciable by my tests for an hour or more, and then 

 suddenly reappears in great strength. It is capable of 

 acting at a distance from Mr. Home (not unfrequently as far 

 as two or three feet), but is always strongest close to him. 



Being firmly convinced that there could be no manifesta- 

 tion of one form of force without the corresponding expen- 

 diture of some other form of force, I for a longtime searched 



