Laurence, Lionel · London, School of Optics · leaf 41
behind the mirror, and thesepoints, from which the light appears to diverge, constitute the virtual imageof the original object. The complete image is erect and corresponds exactlyas regards shape, distance, and size to the object itself, the relative directionsof the rays from each point on the… … Fig. 23. Construction of Image.—The image can be graphically constructed bydrawing straight lines from the extremities of the object, perpendicular to themirror or plane of the mirror, and continuing such lines as far behind themirror as the object-points are in front of it. Thus, in Fig. 23, if a…
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