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" If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but further from it than its centre of concavity, he will see an inverted image of himself in the air, between him and the mirror, of a less size than himself. And if he hold out his hand... "
The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation ... - Page 434
by James Smith - 1815
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...(with regard to the mirror), in all respects like the object, and as distiiii-s as the object itself. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but farther from it than the centre of itt concavity, he will see an inverted iraig? of himself in the...
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A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics ...

John Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 pages
...focus, the image moves in a contrary direction from the object, because the rays then cross each other. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but farther from it than the centre of concavity, he will see an inverted image of himself in the air,...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 9

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 620 pages
...(with regard to the mirror), in all respects like the object, and :is distinct as the object itself. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror. but farther from it than the centre of its concavity, he will see an inverted image of himself in the air,...
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Youth's Book of Natural Philosophy

John Lee Comstock - 1838 - 266 pages
...wonder. Thus when he moves for the purpose of taking hold of these shadows, they vanish out of his sight. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but beyond the focus, he will see an inverted, and a diminished image of himself in the air, between him...
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First book of heat, light and optics, and electricity, by J.L. Comstock and ...

John Lee Comstock, Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1846 - 154 pages
...focus, the image moves in a contrary direction from the object, because the rays then cross each other. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but farther from it than the centre of concavity, he will see an inverted image of himself in the air,...
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A manual of natural philosophy, by J.L. Comstock and R.D. Hoblyn

John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...focus, the image moves in a contrary direction from the object, because the rays then cross each other. If a man place himself directly before a large concave mirror, but farther from it than the centre of concavity, he will see an inverted image of himself in the air,...
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