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This book uses the facts of persistency of impressions and the production of complimentary colours on the retina to produce its effects.
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J. H. BROWN
Spectropia; or, surprising spectral illusions. Showing Ghosts everywhere and of any colour.
Fourth edition, first series with sixteen illustrations, London: Griffith and Farran, 1865; The Human Eye and its auxiliary organs by Dr H. Renlow, revised and edited by John Browning, London: George Philip & Son, 1896. (2)
Spectropia; or, surprising spectral illusions. Showing Ghosts everywhere and of any colour.
Fourth edition, first series with sixteen illustrations, London: Griffith and Farran, 1865; The Human Eye and its auxiliary organs by Dr H. Renlow, revised and edited by John Browning, London: George Philip & Son, 1896. (2)