The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 98
ugh it is then magnified, itactually looks smaller than with the naked eye.Those who know tell us that the big moon wesee at the horizon is an illusion, and that while itactually is magnified by refraction, it looks muchlarger because we see it a long way off, throughthe trees, or over houses, or… … FIG. 2. THE COLORED SHADOWS. FIG. 3. seems nearer, and therefore it appears to be muchsmaller. In Fig. 3, the row of dots between a and bmakes that distance seem greater than the dis-tance between b and c, although upon measure-ment you will find it to be just equal. Fig. 4does not look exactly…
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