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Spirit slate writing and kindred phenomena (1898)

Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York City : Munn & Company · leaf 31

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WRITING. First we will begin with the single slate whichhas just been handed to the medium, after beingthoroughly cleaned by the person bringing it. Theskeptic holds one end of the slate in one hand andthe medium the opposite end in one of his hands, andboth persons clasp their disengaged hands. In… … Fig. 6.—Writing on the Slate with the PencilThimble. the second time, I was enabled to fathom its mys-tery. It is patterned somewhat after the style claimedto have been used by Slade, wherein he used a pieceof slate pencil fastened to a thimble, and with appa-ratus attached to his forefinger of the…

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