Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 423
st. Phenomena of successive contrast develop what are calledaccidental images. If we fix our eyes for a considerabletime on a coloured object, and then suddenly direct themtowards a uniform white surface, we experience the sen-sation of the object as it is, but it appears coloured with… … Mr. Dancers top. the sun when it is setting, and then directing ones* eyestowards a white wall in the same direction. Phenomena of simultaneous contrast arise from theinfluence exercised over each other by different shades andcolours which we see simultaneously. That we may becertain that we have…
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