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The psychograph was a phrenology machine, invented and marketed by Henry C. Lavery in the early part of the 20th century. The psychograph claimed to mechanically discern a subject's aptitudes in a number of mental faculties. It was designed to measure the person's head according to the principles of phrenology. Lavery patented his first psychograph in 1905 while living in Superior, Wisconsin. Eventually he joined with Frank P. White to form the Psychograph Company, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1929 to 1937. They produced a machine which measured the subject's head at 32 points and used those measurements to report the person's supposed mental attributes on a five-point scale ranging from "deficient" to "very superior".

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  • The psychograph was a phrenology machine, invented and marketed by Henry C. Lavery in the early part of the 20th century. The psychograph claimed to mechanically discern a subject's aptitudes in a number of mental faculties. It was designed to measure the person's head according to the principles of phrenology. Lavery patented his first psychograph in 1905 while living in Superior, Wisconsin. Eventually he joined with Frank P. White to form the Psychograph Company, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1929 to 1937. They produced a machine which measured the subject's head at 32 points and used those measurements to report the person's supposed mental attributes on a five-point scale ranging from "deficient" to "very superior". The partners had some initial success in selling or leasing out the psychograph. The machines were sometimes installed in theater lobbies or department stores as novelty items for customers to use. The popularity of the device helped maintain interest in phrenology in America well into the 1930s. In the late 1930s the psychograph was withdrawn from the market due to falling sales and increased skepticism from the public. There is a psychograph on display at the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, located at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Visitors to the museum can "have their heads examined" with the machine. (en)
  • ( 비슷한 이름의 사이코그래픽스에 관해서는 해당 문서를 참조하십시오.) 사이코그래프(psychograph)는 골상학 기계의 하나로, 헨리 C. 래버리(Henry C. Lavery)가 20세기 초에 발명하고 마케팅하였다. 이 기계는 수많은 정식 능력 중에서 피실험자의 적성을 기계적으로 알아낸다고 주장되었다. 골상학의 원칙에 따라 사람의 머리를 측정하도록 설계되었다. 래버리는 1905년 위스콘신주 슈피리어에 거주하는 동안 자신의 첫 사이코그래프의 특허를 냈다. (ko)
  • Psykograf (från grekiska) är ett arrangemang som i spiritistiska och ockulta kretsar används för att ta emot skriftliga meddelanden från andar. Ett populärt exempel på psykograf är . Man skriver alfabetets bokstäver i en cirkel på en skiva av papp och sätter ett glas med botten upp på skivan, varpå deltagarna i seansen håller sina fingertoppar över glasets botten. Glaset börjar då röra sig från bokstav till bokstav, så ett ord bildas. Gemensam självsuggestion spelar huvudrollen i sådana skeenden. (sv)
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  • ( 비슷한 이름의 사이코그래픽스에 관해서는 해당 문서를 참조하십시오.) 사이코그래프(psychograph)는 골상학 기계의 하나로, 헨리 C. 래버리(Henry C. Lavery)가 20세기 초에 발명하고 마케팅하였다. 이 기계는 수많은 정식 능력 중에서 피실험자의 적성을 기계적으로 알아낸다고 주장되었다. 골상학의 원칙에 따라 사람의 머리를 측정하도록 설계되었다. 래버리는 1905년 위스콘신주 슈피리어에 거주하는 동안 자신의 첫 사이코그래프의 특허를 냈다. (ko)
  • Psykograf (från grekiska) är ett arrangemang som i spiritistiska och ockulta kretsar används för att ta emot skriftliga meddelanden från andar. Ett populärt exempel på psykograf är . Man skriver alfabetets bokstäver i en cirkel på en skiva av papp och sätter ett glas med botten upp på skivan, varpå deltagarna i seansen håller sina fingertoppar över glasets botten. Glaset börjar då röra sig från bokstav till bokstav, så ett ord bildas. Gemensam självsuggestion spelar huvudrollen i sådana skeenden. (sv)
  • The psychograph was a phrenology machine, invented and marketed by Henry C. Lavery in the early part of the 20th century. The psychograph claimed to mechanically discern a subject's aptitudes in a number of mental faculties. It was designed to measure the person's head according to the principles of phrenology. Lavery patented his first psychograph in 1905 while living in Superior, Wisconsin. Eventually he joined with Frank P. White to form the Psychograph Company, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1929 to 1937. They produced a machine which measured the subject's head at 32 points and used those measurements to report the person's supposed mental attributes on a five-point scale ranging from "deficient" to "very superior". (en)
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  • 사이코그래프 (ko)
  • Psychograph (en)
  • Psykograf (sv)
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