Show extraordinary experiment A man walking wal head downward on the ceiling I 1 mr air john mccormick gave a private exhibition on thursday evening at lafayette hall of quite a number of philosophical experiments some the invention of others but many as original as they were extraordinary among them were a hydraulic sieve for the illustration of atmospheric pressure a fountain for showing the redaction of water an intermitting spring sparing for the illustration of the ebbing and flowing of springs an equilibrating jet for sustaining ta I 1 an illuminated tripod a hydraulic machine mabine lor for trying the strength of the e lungs and a compound A gravitating air air compressor producing cine a uniform current of air sustaining an illuminated lumina ted tripod and lifting lbs ibs one inch in five seconds by the force of the lungs but the most extraordinary experiment was that of anci wal walking by means of shoes of a peculiar construction st ruction tig in an inverted position upon the under sur surface of a highly polished slab of italian ian mai marble able nine feet by three in dimensions which mr M successfully pel performed formed a feat never before achieved by man he afterwards explained that a slight defect in the appa apparatus ratu S easily remedied rendered his task more arduous than usual after the exhibition gen larimer made a few remarks stating that I 1 they had been called together to witness one of the strangest performances ever exhibited here or elsewhere that air john mccormick through his excellent friend capt jas R hendrickson had invited us to toabe abe present on this occasion to witness his walking on an inverted plane ae in obedience to that invitation we come here to witness that great feat and we did witness it john mccormick did walk an inverted plane a distance of nine feet we are witnesses of the fact and it is but due to the parties ties that the public should be so advised r tn order that a full sense of this me meeting etino should be had he moved that wm N shin I 1 esq sq a scientific man take the chair whereupon the large audience present organized by choosing wm win al shin esq chairman and mr J heron foster see sec when after some remarks by gen larimer n motion of mr H D king Aless rs E H heastings joseph snowden S n owden and W B negley e y were appointed a committee for the purpose and reported the following resolutions viz whereas we have witnessed with the greatest interest the experiments e t s of 0 f mr john mccormick mick the result of many years research and lab labor 0 r involving principles of philosophical interest therefore resolved that in the opinion of this meeting the thanks of this community are due mr mccormick not only for his bis original experiments but for the improvements upon the discoveries co of others which we have witnessed this evening resolved that mr mccormick has satisfactorily performed all he has promised and fully demonstrated that his invention for walking upon the under surface of a polished marbin marble e an inverted posit ionis no humbug resolved that the thanks of this meeting be tendered to capt hendrickson for the pecuniary and other assistance he has rendered the lecturer resolved that mr mccormick be requested to deliver a public course of lectures in pittsburgh and that this meeting pledge themselves to assist him in the prosecution of his scientific researches after some remarks from gen larimer rev romer homer J clark rev chas cooke and others the resolutions were unanimously adopted and josiah copley jos snowden and J H foster appointed a committee to prepa prepare the proceedings for publication pitts dis dig some few weeks since we copied an article from the allegheny enterprise on the above subject and were free to call it a humbug but from the authentic evidence we have r received ece ived we make the amends amende and acknowledge to the enterprise as col deihl would say P that w wo were a leethe leeth previous preview corn com adv |