Mirrors -  Kaleidoscope - Teleidoscope -Polariscope



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Reprinted by permission of Dick Berg, University of Maryland, for use on this website.

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Condition :   Excellent   
Principle :   Reflections  
Area of Study :  Optics  
Equipment :   Microscope slide kaleidoscopes, regular kaleidoscopes, teleidoscope book and flexible mirror, large demonstration kaleidoscope, mounting brackets for assembly.
Procedure :   Using the special corner mounting assemble the large demonstration kaleidoscope.  Place an object in the center of the kaleidoscope and look into the kaleidoscope at a shallow angle to see multiple images.  Or, lower the kaleidoscope over your head and look at multiple images of yourself.
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   Web Links
"Building the Impossible Kaleidoscope"  http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/polariscope.html

 

   References

Christopher Chiaverina, Cindee Scott, and Patricia Steele, "The Connections Project: Art, Physics, and Mathematics", TPT, Vol. 35, # 5, May 1997, p. 292.

Terrence P. Toepker, "The 70-mm Kaleidoscope," TPT, Vol. 33, # 8, p. 536-537, (Nov. 1995).

Joe Pizzo,  "Shadow Kaleidoscope,"  TPT, Vol. 24, # 4, p. 237, (April 1986).

Jearl Walker, "Shadow Kaleidoscope", TPT, Vol. 24, # 4, Apr. 1986, p. 237.

Laurence A. Marschall, Emma Beth Maschall, "Reflection in a Polished Tube", TPT, Vol. 21, # 2, Feb. 1983, p. 105.

"Erratta", TPT, Vol. 21, # 6, Sept. 1983, p. 409.

 

D. K. Cohen and J. E. Potts, "Light Transmission Through Reflecting Cylindrical Tubes", AJP, Vol. 46, # 7, July 1978, p. 727.

 

O-135:  "Kaleidoscope with 3 Slides,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

 

O-1c:  Wallace A. Hilton, Physics Demonstration Experiments.

 

Jearl Walker, "An Inexpensive Homemade Polarimeter Can Analyze Optically Active Compounds", The Amateur Scientist, Jan., 1986.

Jearl Walker,  "The Kaleidoscope Now Comes Equipped with Flashing Diodes and Focusing Lenses,"  The Amateur Scientist,  (December, 1985).

Jearl Walker,  "Moire' Effects, the Kaleidoscope and Other Victorian Diversions,"  The Amateur Scientist,  (December, 1978).

 

5.15:  Jearl Walker, "Number of Images in Two Mirrors," The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers.

114:  "Make it: Taleidoscope/Kaleidoscope," The Ben Franklin Book of Easy & Incredible Experiments,"  A Franklin Institute Science Museum Book.

"Duck Into Kaleidoscope," Exploratorium Science Snackbook, pp. 44.1 - 44.2.

Raymond Bruman, "Shadow Kaleidoscope," Exploratorium Cookbook I, pp. 20.1 - 20.2.

T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina, "3.5, Kaleidoscopes", Light Science, Physics and Visual Arts, p. 62.

T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina, "# 6, Constructing a Simple Kaleidoscope, Experiments for Home, Laboratory, and Classroom Demonstration", Light Science, Physics and Visual Arts, p. 76.

T. D. Rossing, C. J. Chiaverina, "Experiment 3.2, Contrast A Kaleidoscope", Light Science, Physics and Visual Arts, p. 382.

Simon Quellen Field, "The Polariscope", Gonzo Gizmos, p. 220 - 227.



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