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Thirty-two trials were made with T., of which only four were successful--two completely, one partially, one…

Date of account: Published 1894
Source: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Reference: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy · selected passage 46
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Thirty-two trials were made with T., of which only four were successful--two completely, one partially, one completely, but deferred--i.e., the subject of the preceding experiment, a black dog, came before his vision after the agent had already passed to another subject, the Eiffel Tower

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Thirty-two trials were made with T., of which only four were successful--two completely, one partially, one completely, but deferred--_i.e._, the subject of the preceding experiment, a black dog, came before his vision after the agent had already passed to another subject, the Eiffel Tower. T. had, of course, not been told the subject of the previous experiment. Instances of deferred impressions of this kind occurred also with Miss B. A few experiments were tried with another percipient, a man named Adams, but without success; his own imagination appeared to be so fertile that any telepathic impression must have been crowded out.

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