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Scientific American, Vol. 56, No. 6 (1887) (1887)

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sm. The convex spherical mirror distorts to a remarkable The kaleidoscope is one of the most beautiful and in- The facets form slightly different angles with the degree. A silvered glass globe held in the hand yields expensive of optical toys. It can be purchased in the an image of the experimenter… … torted to such an extent as to render the object un- recognizable until viewed in the mirror, which corrects Those parts nearest the mirror are enormously ex- the image. aggerated, while other parts are disproportionately By tracing the incident ray from any point in the diminutive. picture to a…

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