Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 317
his height. 350. Lateral Inversion. The image in a plane mirroris not the exact counterpart of the object producingit. The right hand of the object becomes the lefthand of the image. If aprinted page is held beforethe mirror the letters areerect but the sides are inter-changed. This effect isknown… … Illustrating lateral inversion bj aplane mirror. REFLECTIONS FROM PARALLEL MIRRORS 307 reinverted and l^ecomes leufil:)le. Tbo effect is illusiraled inFig. 338, sliovving the iuia<;e in a plane mirror of tiie wordSTAR. It may be remaik(Ml, tlierefore, that on looking in amirror we do not S(;e…
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