Book Title: Power of Karma Author(s): Alexander Cannon Publisher: Rider and CoPage 95
________________ VIBRATIONS AND RAYS 95 received from the sun. They are of so penetrating a character that they pass unimpeded through several yards of lead. On the other hand, we are able to detect and photograph the infinitesimal waves of thought which are discharged by an active brain at the rate of two thousand per second. The apparatus which accomplishes this astonishing feat has recently been perfected at Cambridge University. Many years ago Dr. Baraduc, of Paris, obtained photographic records of the invisible radiations of human thought, and must accordingly be regarded as a pioneer in the detection of thoughtwaves. With regard to the most recent investigations into the properties of rays hitherto unfamiliar to us,* there comes news of the claim of a young Hungarian, Mr. Pibril, that he has discovered a ray which renders objects invisible when they are subjected to its action. To demonstrate this, he placed a chair on the stage of a theatre in Budapest, and on the chair a number of articles. The stage was fully lighted. The chair was coated with a substance upon which the ray had no effect, but the articles were not so treated. The ray being turned on, the articles placed on the chair disappeared from view, the chair * The Evening Standard, December 17, 1935.Page Navigation
1 ... 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191