The seven follies of science; to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, marvels, and popular fallacies. A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. With numerous illustrations (1912)
Phin, John, 1830-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 164
set up new signposts, but we do notopen up any new gateways; things still remain as they were of old, andevery messenger from the material world around us must enter the ivorypalace of the skull through one of the old and well-known ways. ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES iSi on the table or in the palm of… … Fig. 22. as figured in the cut. If the pea or ball be now rolledabout, the sensation is apparently that given by two peasunder the fingers, and this illusion is so strong that it can-not be dispelled by calling in any of the other senses (thesense of sight for example) as is usually the case…
Scientific recreations · Geometry
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