^IU#r  OontraUanchttHunfftii  in  P^i/e  vom  Si%sMluny;  Eiif  Bortiiu/ige
WtAtttitaa.  Dr.  P.  Scnt^MAVM.  Hachrlcbten  t.  der  Ic.  Qds.  d.
WUl.  ODuder  Georg'Augusts  UniversltUt  zu  Oottlngea.  Doc.  3^
Um.     No.  JO.   pp.  6.
In  the  course  of  a  research  opou  memory  after  the  general  mithod  of
Sbblnghaujt  (now  going  on  at  Odtting'.TnJ,  Dr.  Schumann  noticed  eertata
UloBloos  of  contraHt.  which  ha  h&it  Incereulngly  described  and  brought
[inuy  relation  with  Dlmllar  effects  in  other  Ileitis  ot  seasacion.  N'onseasa
[arllables  are  cut  out,  fn<tened  to  a  strip  of  paper,  and  rotUedoo  a  drum;
Iviej  are  viewed  tlirough  a  silt  lo  a  screen  ulfuwing  juft  one  syllable  to
l9t»  soui  at  a  time.  A  normal  rate  of  rotation  Is  chosen,  so  that  the  syllo-


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