FAMILY FUN
Magnetic Currents. —Procure a gold ring, the more massive the better, and attach it to a silk thread about a dozen inches long. Fasten the other end of the thread around the nail joint of the forefinger of the right hand. Rest your elbow on the table to steady your hand and hold the thread in such a position as to allow the ring to hang about half an inch above the surface of the table. So long as there is nothing on the table the ring will remain stationary. Place some silver coin immediately below it, when the ring will begin to oscillate back and forth, to and from you. If you bring your thumb in contact with your forefinger the oscillations will become transverse to their former swing. This may also be effected by allow-. ing someone to take hold of your disengaged hand. These effects are produced by the animal magnetic currents given forth by the hands of the experimenters.
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New Zealand Tablet, 19 October 1911, Page 2110
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165FAMILY FUN New Zealand Tablet, 19 October 1911, Page 2110
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