См. «Nature», октябрь 1895 г. и последующие номера; статьи М. ван дер Брука в «Ciel et Terre» (Бельгия), 1 декабря 1895 г. и последующие номера, также «Geol. Mag.», том ix. 1892, стр. 208-18.
КОНСПЕКТ СЛУХОВЫХ ПРОЯВЛЕНИЙ В ДОМЕ Б——, ЗАПИСАННЫХ В ЖУРНАЛЕ
Recorded under Date. Heard in Room. Witness. Description of Sound.
Feb. 4 No. I. Miss Freer
Miss Moore Loud clanging sound, as of metal struck with wood
Voices in conversation
No. III. "Mac," the maid Voices, footsteps, things dragged about
Feb. 5 Attics Two housemaids Continuous reading
Feb. 7 No. VII. Miss Moore Reverberating bang close to bed
Drawing-room Hall Mac
Miss Moore Noises and footsteps
Clanging sound upstairs
Feb. 8 "Butler's room" Mac Footsteps and sounds on door
No. VII. Miss Moore Reverberating bang
Miss Moore
Miss Freer Noises percussive or explosive
The Glen Miss Freer
Mr. C—— Voices in conversation
Feb. 9 No. VII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Noises percussive or explosive
Feb. 10 No. I. Miss Moore Clangs. Voices in conversation
No. V. Mr. W—— Knockings.
No. VIII. Colonel Taylor Footsteps overhead
Feb.13 No. I. Miss Moore Clanging noise
Miss Moore
Miss Freer Crash
No. V. Mrs. W—— Knockings
Feb. 15 No. IV. Miss Langton A loud crash
Feb. 16 The Glen Miss Langton
Miss Freer
Miss Moore Voices in conversation
Feb. 17 Drawing-room Mrs. W——
Miss Langton
Miss Moore
Miss Freer Footsteps overhead in disused room
Drawing-room Col. Taylor
Mrs. W——
Miss Langton
Miss Moore
Miss Freer Clanging noise, four times repeated
Feb. 18 No. VIII. Miss Freer Banging sounds
No. VIII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Sounds as of an animal's movements in the room in daylight
The Glen Miss Langton
Miss Freer Voices in conversation
The Glen Miss Langton (later) Voices in conversation
Feb. 19 The Glen Miss Langton Voices in conversation and footsteps
Feb. 20 No. VIII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Sounds of active movement of an animal in the room
Feb. 21 No. VIII. Miss Moore Footsteps of an old man shuffling in slippers
Miss Moore
Miss Freer
Dog Movements of animal
Miss Moore
Miss Freer Bang on wall near No VII.
Feb. 25 Wing Mr. "Endell" Clang noise "like a pavior's hammer dropped"
No. I. Mr. Garford Violent banging on door of Nos. I. and II.
No. III. Mr. "Q." Groans; "a greatly magnified edition of sounds I have several times heard in the drawing-room"
Feb. 26 No. I. Mr. Garford Detonating or percussive noise like "a wheel-barrow on a hard road"
March 1 No. IV. Mr. MacP—— Loud clanging sound in the room
March 2 No. VIII. Miss Freer
Miss Moore Movements of animal in the room
Miss Freer
Miss Moore Heavy fall
No. III. Miss "N." Thud, sounding from below
March 5 No. VIII. Miss Moore Movements of animal in the room
Attics Two maids Monotonous reading
No. I. Mrs. B.C. Monotonous reading (also mentioned by Mr. Garford as occurring in No. I.)
Mrs. B.C. Bang on door of room
Attics Mrs. Robinson (cook) Voices in conversation
Bangs on the wall of room
March 7 Attics Robinson (butler) Heavy body falling in the room
No. II. Mr. C—— Movements of heavy body in the room
Footsteps as if descending stairs
Loud rapping on doors of Nos. I. and II.
March 8 No. II. Mr. C—— Noises in No. I. (empty room)
March 10 No. VIII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Animal moving in the room
Heavy fall
March 13 No. VIII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Loud bangs
Attics Robinson, and Mrs. Robinson Loud bangs
No. IV. Miss Langton Loud bangs
March 15 No. VIII. Miss Moore
Miss Freer Vibrating bang
No. IV. Miss Langton Vibrating bang
Wing Colonel Taylor Vibrating bang
[Miss Freer was absent for four nights, and no Journal was kept.]
March 20 No. I. Miss Moore
Miss Freer
Miss Langton Metallic sound in room "like the 'giving' of a large tin box"
March 22 No. IV. Mr. MacP—— Heavy footsteps overhead
No. III. Miss "Duff" Resounding crash at door
Resounding crash in room
March 23 Drawing-room Miss "Duff" Monotonous reading (also mentioned as occurring in No. III.)
March 24 No. V. Miss Freer Crash of something falling under dome
No. VIII. Colonel C—— Loud thump on door of room
No. I. Mr. W—— Explosive noises
Crash of something falling under dome
Attics Two housemaids and kitchen-maid Loud knockings
Butler's room on ground floor Mrs. Robinson Footsteps and knocking on door of No. III.
No. III. Miss "Duff" Shuffling foot steps outside room
No. II. Miss "Duff"
Miss Langton Fall against door of No. I.
March 25 No. II. Miss Langton Loud thump on door between I. and II.
March 27 Attics Carter (housemaid)
Under-housemaid
Kitchen-maid Monotonous reading
March 29 Library Miss Freer
Miss Langton Footsteps in locked-up room overhead
March 30 Library Miss Freer
Miss Langton Footsteps in locked-up room overhead
Corridor Mr. and Mrs. M——
Miss Langton
Miss Freer Rappings in No. II. (empty).
(See Mr. M——'s account)
March 31 No. VIII. Miss Langton Shuffling footsteps in the room
Knock near the wardrobe
No. I. Mrs. M——
Mr. M—— Metallic clangs in the room like "tuning a kettle-drum"; later, "terrific noise," "like treble rap on a hollow panel,"--like "the lid of a heavy coal-scuttle let fall"
Drawing-room Mrs. M—— Voices in library
Detonating noise (like a distant cannon)
April 1 No. VIII. Mr. M——
Mrs. M—— Voices and footsteps in room overhead (empty)
Drawing-room Mrs. M—— Voices and footsteps overhead
In the garden Mrs. M——
Miss Freer
Miss Langton Detonating noise
Drawing-room Mrs. M——
Miss Freer
Miss Langton Limping footsteps overhead
Voices of a man and woman
April 2 Library Miss Freer
Miss Langton Heavy blow on table
Mrs. M——
Miss Freer
Miss Langton Heavy blow on table (heard in dining-room)
Dining-room Miss Freer
Miss Langton
Robinson (butler) Footsteps overhead in empty room
April 3 Library Miss Langton Violent hammering on door in daylight
Dining-room Miss Freer
Miss Langton
Mr. T——
Robinson (butler) Footsteps overhead in empty room
April 4 No. V. Miss Freer
Miss Langton Crash under dome
April 5 No. I. Mr. T—— Monotonous reading
April 6 No. I. Mr. T—— Thuds on floor above, and on door of room
Voices in conversation
April 7 No. V. Miss Freer Crash under dome
No. I. Mr. T—— Crash under dome
Voices in conversation
Raps at foot of door
April 8 Various parts of the house Household generally Crashes and bangs and footsteps heard during the day
Smoking-room Miss Freer
Miss Langton
Mr. T——
Dog Shuffling footsteps in the room
Voices outside door
No. IV. Miss Freer Crash under dome
No. VIII. Miss Langton Shuffling footsteps
No. I. Mr. T—— Voices
No. IV. Miss Freer Thuds on lowest panels of door
Footsteps of many persons
[No Journal kept between April 8 and April 29. During this period Professor Lodge's notes testify to "knocks on the wall, a sawing noise, a droning and a wailing, ... some whistling, and apparent attempts at a whisper, all up in the attic.]
May 3 No. I. Mme. Boisseaux Monotonous voice from No. III.
Voices in argument
No. V. Mrs. "F." Knocks at door
May 4 No. V. Mme. Boisseaux Knocks at door
May 5 Drawing-room Mme. Boisseaux
Mrs. "F."
Mrs. M——
Miss Freer
Rev. MacL—— Detonating noise in empty room overhead (No. I.) in daylight
Billiard-room Gardener, butler, cook and others Crash in the room
May 6 No. V. Mme. Boisseaux "Room resounded with knocks"
Library Miss Freer
Miss Moore Bangs on table
May 13 No. I. Mr. "Etienne" [?] Detonating noise
ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ
[Сравните план дома.]
1. Комнаты, о которых говорится в тексте как о «библиотеке» и «верхней» или «крыльевой» курительной комнате, — это те, что отмечены на плане как «утренняя комната» и спальня на крайнем востоке в крыле.
2. Большинство горничных спали в комнатах Y и Z, над 1 и 2, до тревоги 25 марта, когда они переехали в комнаты на другой стороне дома (X и W), таким образом оставив те, что над № 1 и 2, пустыми.
3. Робинсон и миссис Робинсон (дворецкий и кухарка) занимали комнату W до 13 марта, когда оба переехали в комнату дворецкого у холла, которую в течение первого месяца занимала горничная Мак, которая заболела и вернулась на юг.
4. Мнения относительно шумов и эксперименты относительно их происхождения можно найти на нижеуказанных страницах Журнала.
Мнения, стр. 92, 111, 113, 120, 124, 128, 133, 143, 144, 147, 153, 154, 159, 162, 166, 168, 173, 179, 187, 198, 201, 207, 215, 219, 234, 242.
Experiments, pp. 109, 129, 140, 160, 175, 180, 218, 220.
Отпечатано Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Эдинбург и Лондон
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