Chicago: Birthplace of Modern Polygraphy

"The city of Chicago apparently got its name from the Miami-Illinois Indian word “shikaakwa,” meaning ‘smelly leek (garlic/onion)’. The leeks were prevalent along the river that flowed through the area (now the city of Chicago) and the Indian name for them also referred to the ‘striped skunk’, a smelly critter. Th at bit of history has no real relevance here other than to note that what happened in Chicago produced an exotic aroma that still today hangs in the air and continues to infl uence what is known about and what is done in the field of Polygraphy. Smelly? Well, maybe to critics. Not to those who know and understand Polygraphy."(...

Attempts at Lie Detection Based on Scientific Premises on the End of 19 Century and in the First Half of the 20 Century

"In 1892, in the psychological conference, Hugo Mü nsterberg expressed the belief that it is not a lie that is detected, but the emotions that accompany it (Burtt 1965). The Word Association Test proves that the reactions accompanying a lie consist not only of emotions but also a certain intellectual effort, necessary on behalf of the lying person. It goes without saying and is supported by Trovillo (Trovillo 1938/39) that the fi rst to have described the essence of a test using word associations was Francis Galton (1822–1911) in 1879 (Galton 1879)."(...

An analysis of precision methods of capacitance measurements at high frequency

The compilation of material for this paper was done at the General Radio Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the winter term of the third year of the postgraduate Electronics course.http://archive.org/details/annalysisofpreci1094531643Lieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited