From: cep@Apple.COM (Christopher Pettus)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Scientology questions
Message-ID: <55326@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Jul 91 20:42:23 GMT
References: <1991Jul24.021125.714438@locus.com>
Distribution: alt.religion.scientology
Organization: Uh, can I get back to you on that one?
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In article <1991Jul24.021125.714438@locus.com> eastin@locus.com (Dick Eastin) writes:
>E-meter - remotely decended from the GSR, Galvanic Skin Response device
>and a distant cousin of the ohmmeter or resistance measuring device.
>Original theory of GSR was that it measured the skin resistance and that
>variations were a measure of moisture and salinity (saltiness).
>The E-meter, or electropsychometer, however works around the skin
>factors and measures the density(resistance) of the body circuit
>between the hand held electrodes.  It is also super sensitive in
>magnitude of change and rate of change (time factor).

The problem is that there is NO electronics in the E-Meter to do any of
this, except to measure resistance.  I've taken two apart; there's
nothing in them except the parts needed to be an ohmmeter and some junk
that is presumably set dressing (resistors in series, parts not
connected to anything, etc.).
-- 
-- Christophe

"Oh, so you're going to kill me!  What a finely-tuned response to the
situation!"