10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATERFINDER»
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waterfinder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
waterfinder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Healing Or Stealing?: Medical Charlatans in the New Age
Initially intrigued by the work of a waterfinder (dowser), Rocard sought a logical
explanation for this empirical prac- tice. He discovered that “water veins” create
geological faults that make local disturbances of the magnetic field. Rocard ...
2
The Wonder Book of Knowledge: The Marvels of Modern Industry ...
outcome of the waterfinder's attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to
the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts.Various
explanations, scientific and other, ofthe phenomenon havebeen advanced.
Professor ...
In 1910 some enterprising waterfinder succeeded in interesting the Agricultural
Department of India to make an investigation of his device. The department
published an interesting little pamphlet purporting to show that the waterfinder ...
4
Agricultural Gazette of Canada
This method of magnetizing the needle is patented. When preparing for a test, the
coil is set by compass AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WATERFINDER with axis north
and south. The needle is then placed on the pivot and points in a north and ...
5
The Cultivator & Country Gentleman
In the location of this well I permitted the waterfinder to place it where he liked
within a prescribed limit. He said the rod told him that the stream was 12 feet
broad, and be afterward traced it a mile and a half to where it rose above ground,
the ...
6
Occultism and Common-Sense
I was advised to try a 'waterfinder,' and did so. The dowser was a retired miller,
and came provided with a number of forked twigs. Holding one he traversed the
place, and at certain points the twig oscillated violently in his hands, and there, ...
“Nah, I don't have the skill as a waterfinder. The Old Ones―the Dancing Lords―
they said here was where to dig should we ever be of a mind to open a pasturage
hereabouts.” “Sheep. We have took a fancy to a hillside dotted with woollies.
8
The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
Willowwand waterfinder. Cut cork. Motherleaf. Silk scarves off the city streets.
Writing paper. Sweetmeats.” This drewtheattention ofthe children. They flocked
back to him, making a smallparade ashe walkeddown the street, singing, “Belt
leather ...
9
David Madden: A Writer for All Genres
The thousand places all seemed to be the same place, always in the woods, and
by the time I had pulled back and followed them, the firestarter, the waterfinder,
and the cook, who always seemed to rise up out of the ranks when and where ...
Randy Hendricks, James A. Perkins, 2006
10
Ozark Magic and Folklore
There was also the veteran waterfinder interviewed by Betrenia Watt in Hickory
county, Missouri, who claimed that his witch stick moved downward by a series of
separate jerks. Each of these “nods” or “beats,” said he, represents a foot, and ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATERFINDER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
waterfinder is used in the context of the following news items.
Agua de Bronchales deja de ser interproveedor
... Julián Larrachea (14,3%); José Uriarte (11,4%); Sociedad para el desarrollo industrial de Aragón (SODIAR) (5%); Baden Group (4,75%) y Waterfinders (3 ... «Alimarket, Dec 12»
Una vecina denuncia un vertido de la perforación que busca aguas …
... en la Mola, ha denunciado el vertido de grandes cantidades de agua salada que ha salido del pozo que está perforando la empresa Waterfinders, en busca ... «Diario de Ibiza, Apr 12»
El futuro termal de Formentera
... Luis Castelló, un zahorí del siglo XXI que trabaja en todo el mundo buscando recursos hídricos a través de su empresa Waterfinders, con sede en Barcelona. «Diario de Ibiza, Apr 12»