Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott (1832)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868 · London : John Murray · leaf 145
MOTION OF THE FEATURES OF A PORTRAIT. 121 bably more correct, the inquisitive archness is in the other features, and the eye does not belie it. Dr Wollaston has not noticed the converse of these illusions, in which a change of direction is Fig. 27. … given to fixed features by a change in the direction of the eyes. This effect is finely seen in some magic lantern sliders, where a pair of eyes is made to move in the head of a figure which invariably follows the motion of the eyeballs. Having thus determined the influence which the general…
Scientific recreations · Magic
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