Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott (1832)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868 · London : John Murray · leaf 114
ndle or a bright luminous object, the smaller the better, be placed at S, as far behind the picture A B C D as the eye is afterwards to be placed before it, and the light passing through the small holes will represent on a horizontal plane a distorted image of the picture A' B' C D', which when… … when laid horizontally at A' B' C D' will be re- stored to its original state when seen by reflexion at A B C D in the polished mirror. It would be
Scientific recreations · Magic
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