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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 98

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Fig. 68.—Optical Illusion—Which is the tallest of the Three ?{By pcnnisstoji ofRIcssrs. A. ajidF, Pears.) VISION AND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. 8l The Soap-merchants completed this telling advertise-ment by giving the three figures the counterfeit pre-sentiments of Lord Randolph Churchill (i),… … Fig. 6p.—The Magic Rings. The rings, virhich we reproduce from a photo-graph, give birth to a curious illusion, which may beincluded in the class of phenomena which we have beenstudying. These rings are made of metallic coils, eachalternate strand being of a golden and silvern hue, andbrilliantly…

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