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Studies in psychical research

by Frank Podmore & Harry Houdini Collection DLC

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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For most of his life a clerk in the post office, Frank Podmore (1856–1910) was a prolific author on psychical research. As an undergraduate, Podmore became interested in the ideas of spiritualism, and he joined the British National Association of Spiritualists. Eventually disillusioned, Podmore co-founded several organizations: the Progressive Association (in 1882); the Fellowship of the New Life (1883); and, spurred by his desire to see political change, the Fabian Society (1884). Podmore's membership in the Society for Psychical Research influenced his activities and interests, and he spent the next twenty years investigating and writing on psychical phenomena. His second book (of 1897) discusses a range of topics, from spiritualism to poltergeists to telepathy. Podmore seeks to ascertain the truth about psychical phenomena, and this work will be of great interest to scholars interested in the history of science, psychical research, and Victorian scientific and spiritualist movements.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the description and “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spiritualism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spiritualism”· via Open Library
    • “Spiritualism”· in description
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, internet-archive, library-of-congress, openalex, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Parapsychology” and “psychical research”. Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the title, “Psychical research” in the description, “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “psychical research”· via Crossref
    • “Parapsychology”· via Internet Archive
    • “psychical research”· via Library of Congress
    • “psychical research”· via OpenAlex
    • “Parapsychology”· via Open Library
    • “psychical research”· via Wellcome Collection
  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Retained metadata contains “Telepathy” in the description and “Telepathy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Telepathy”· in description
    • “Telepathy”· in subject

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1897-01-01T00:00:00ZKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.; New York : Putnam; New York [etc.] G. P. Putnam's sons; PutnamEnglish—Public digitized item

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2012Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9780511920356
  • 9781108028042
  • 0511920350
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Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

2 pages ., iii-ix, 458 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

1897—English—Public digitized item

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  • 10029908
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of British Columbia Library
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Contributing institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: University of British Columbia Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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