Mirrors -  Image of a Quarter - Optic Mirage



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 Code Number :   6A20.35  

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Condition :   Excellent  
Principle :   Concave, Convex Mirrors, Focal Lengths  
Area of Study :  Optics   
Equipment :   Optic Mirage in Wooden Box - (Quarter Demo), Coins and Small Animal Figures.

 
Procedure :   The quarter demo should need no advanced preparation. Clean the mirrors when necessary and position the quarter so that the formed image is in the center of the hole.  
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   References

Maria Alicia Caussat, Hector Rabal, Mikiya Muramatsu, "The Levitating Buddha: Constructing a Realistic Cylindrical Mirror Pseudo Image",
TPT, Vol. 44, # 7, Oct. 2006, p. 443.

Heidi Strahm Black,  "Trick of the Trade - The Real Image,"  TPT, Vol. 36, # 2, p. 96, (Feb. 1998).

Terrence P. Toepker, 'Spherical Mirror Images of Dynamic Objects", TPT, Vol. 30, # 4, Apr. 1992, p. 252.

Andrzej Sieradzan,  "Teaching Geometrical Optics with the 'Optic Mirage',"  TPT, Vol. 28, # 8, p.  534, (November 1990).

R.D. Edge and Edwin R, Jones, Jr., "Optical Illusions", TPT, Vol. 22, # 9 , Dec. 1984, p. 591.

 

R. Stuart Mackay, "Shine a Flashlight on an Image", AJP, Vol. 46, (3), Mar. 1978, p. 297.

 

Oc-7:  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.

 

O-175:  "Confocal Mirrors,"  DICK and RAE Physics and Demo Notebook.

 

"44, Floating Image,"  Christopher P. Jargodzki and Franklin Potter,  Mad About Physics, p. 15, 166.

"45, Lighting an Image?"  Christopher P. Jargodzki and Franklin Potter,  Mad About Physics, p.  16, 167.

Raymond Bruman, "Parabolas," Exploratorium Cookbook I, p. 15.1 - 15.2.



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