 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1882 - 920 pages
...first trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to 1. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with names ; where the adverse odds in the former... | |
 | American literature - 1882 - 884 pages
...first trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to 1. We- had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with names ; where the adverse odds in the former... | |
 | Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain) - Parapsychology - 1883 - 384 pages
...trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were. considerably over a liillion to 1. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with names ; where the adverse odds in the former... | |
 | William Alfred Hovey - Telepathy - 1885 - 224 pages
...names ; where the adverse odds in the former case were over one hundred and forty-two millions to one, and in the latter something incalculably greater....hypothesis of mere coincidence is practically excluded. We are aware that the exceptional nature of this inquiry goes far to invalidate arguments founded on... | |
 | William Alfred Hovey - Telepathy - 1885 - 218 pages
...trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to one. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the...where the adverse odds in the former case were over one hundred and forty-two millions to one, and in the latter something incalculably greater. If we... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1882 - 1114 pages
...trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to 1 . We had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with names ; where the adverse odds in the former... | |
 | Church and the world - 1882 - 792 pages
...first trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over 1,000,000 to 1. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with names ; where the adverse odds in the former... | |
 | Medicine - 1887 - 772 pages
...trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to one. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the...where the adverse odds in the former case were over 142,000,000 to 1, and in the latter something incalculably greater. If we add to these results others... | |
 | 1882 - 1194 pages
...considerably over a million to 1. We had altogether a good many similar batches, the two longest runs being 8 consecutive successes, once with cards and once with...odds in the former case were over 142 millions to 1, and in the latter something incalculably greater. If we add to these results others obtained on... | |
 | Marco Paret, James Coates - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2007 - 206 pages
...trial—the odds against this happening once in our series being considerably over one million to one. We had altogether a good many similar Batches, the...and in the latter, something, incalculably greater. Walls and closed doors made no difference. "The willing game" is too well-known to find extended notice... | |
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Our most striking piece of success, when the thing selected was divulged to none of the family, was five cards running, named correctly on a first trial ; the odds against this happening once in our series were considerably over a million to 1. 
