The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 95
ical or practi-turn the page upsidesurprised to see howtheir lower parts areparts. Unskilful letterers do not unjand they construct F H FIG. I. all such letters and figures symmetrical by mea-surements, with the result that their work willappear distorted and inartistic when finished.The cross-line… … FIG. 2. evolution the letters and figures we use havegrown into shapes that are satisfying to the eye, though they arenot symmetrical. Fig. 9 showsan illusion of avery different kind.Place a visiting-card or a piece ofpaper with theedge along the dot-ted line betweenthe bicyclists, looksteadily at…
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