The slightest movement of the body,
\nwhether of genuine revival
\nor only a false alarm
\ncaused by pockets of air
\ntrapped in the abdomen,
\ntriggers a highly sensitive
\nrelease mechanism
\nhoused in a spring-loaded ball
\npositioned over the heart.<\/p>\n
If this ball is disturbed
\nby so much as a twitching nerve-end,
\na message is transmitted
\nto a box on the surface,
\nwhich immediately flies open,
\nadmitting air to the coffin.
\nA flag rises in warning,
\na bell rings for half an hour,
\na lamp burns after sunset. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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