Author: American Society for Psychical Research

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-27

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13: 9780243522705

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1907, Vol. 1: Section "B" Of the American Institute for Scientific Research; Parts I-III Consequently I drew up a charter after the model of the Carnegie Institution and with several friends had the American Institute for Scientific Research incorporated. It was signed on June 29th, 1904, and immediately afterward sent to Albany, N. Y., for the action of the State authorities. The charter was granted a few weeks afterward. The names of the incorporators were Mr. Charles N. Jones, of New York; Mr. William S. Crandall, of New York; Mr. Miles Menander Dawson, of New York; Mr. Charles L. Bogle, of New York; and Mr. James H. Hyslop, of New York. Nothing more could be done at that time and the work of interesting the public in the plans of the Institute was post poned until the next fall. In the meantime I spent the summer in correspondence regarding the plan and made it known to various interested parties. It was deemed necessary, however, to take some more practical measures for reaching the public in regard to the whole matter. The primary object was an endowment or at least funds to initiate the work intended. My plan was4 Proceedings of American Society for Psychical Research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.