The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 410
a stroke of chalkalong its bill, whereupon the hen lay ciuiet as if ]iara-lyscd, remaining in lliis awkward position until she was THE ABOLITION OK WITClI-lROSECUTION. 391 released by some motion of the bands of tbe experi-menter. We ougbt to add bere tbat altbougb Kircber is gen-erally credited… … Schwenters Hen Experiment. Reproduced by Father Athanasius Kircher. covery ten 3ears before tbe appearance of Kircbers ArsMagna Liicis ct Unibrcp. Tbe attitude of the hen, which Kircber ascribes toher imagination, was later, in the eighteenth ceutur}^,called a phenomenon of magnetism or mesmerism,…
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