Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 529
ical effects of this toy, said Mr. Sey-mour, I will, by means of the spindle to which it is attached,cause it to revolve rapidly before the looking-glass, and youshall view the reflection through the openings. Each member of the party obeyed in succession the direc-tion thus given, and severally… … Now, said Mr. Seymour, attend to my explanation.Each figure is seen through the aperture, and as it passes andis succeeded in rapid succession by another and another, dif-fering from the former only in attitude, the eye is cheatedinto the belief of its being the same object successivelychanging the…
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