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Interference Curves depending on Perspective

Nature volume 61, pages 29–31 (1899)Cite this article

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CLOSELY allied to the halo round an observer's shadow (referred to in Mr. S. Newcomb's letter in NATURE, October 5) are a number of phenomena due to perspective, which may be seen every day by any one who is on the look out for them.

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MALLOCK, A. Interference Curves depending on Perspective. Nature 61, 29–31 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061029c0

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