PSYCHOMETERY.
We «>re informed by the ownT O' the missiag book that tbe correct orthogra.hy of the torm is " Psychomtfi y" anl tint its meaning is lreia^v th? meuuiint;o f souls, ihe wc>vd is not tub-' found m modur- dicti uiaries. The author, the Jat-* Professor Denton, Used t) extns'vtly practice the science, using as a medium, Mrs Denlo», who would give him a fall de»eriptiou of a stone held m tho palm of uer hand, and unseea hv her, describing it^s geological peculiarit.ts, whero found, and other special particulars- Thiß rimirk able faculty m Mrs D-nton was greatly prized by her husband, and often uti lized by biia m his no entifio researches. The missing work was one, we learn, o\ engrossing interest, more particularly since the author's tragic and lamented death m New Gum :a, during his illfated expedition m tbe interests of science m that island.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 9, 8 December 1883, Page 3
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149PSYCHOMETERY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 9, 8 December 1883, Page 3
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