LETTER V.

Miscellaneous optical illusions--Conversions of cameos into

intaglios, or elevations into depressions, and the

reverse--Explanation of this class of deceptions--Singular

effects of illumination with light of one simple colour--Lamps

for producing homogeneous yellow light--Methods

of increasing the effects of this exhibition--Method of

reading the inscription of coins in the dark--Art of

deciphering the effaced inscription of coins--Explanation

of these singular effects--Apparent motion of the eyes

in portraits--Remarkable examples of this--Apparent

motion of the features of a portrait, when the eyes are

made to move--Remarkable experiment of breathing

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