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Scientific amusements (1890)

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 458

An illustration from Scientific amusements, 1890, leaf 458
ined rules, but so dis- ANAMORPHOUS DESIGNS. lOI torted that when regarding them fixedly we can onlydistinguish confused strokes. When they are seen reflectedin the curved mirrors, they present, on the contrary, aperfectly regular appearance. The illustration exhibits anAnamorphosis made, by a… … Anamorphous design for the ten of hearts. and conical mirrors may also be employed which produceparticular effects of a no less interesting kind. The nextillustration is of a set of figures which-in a cylindricalmirror look like the ten of hearts. One of the most remarkable applications of mirrors…

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