David Brewster Kaleidoscope, Its History, Theory and Construction With Its Application to the Fine and Useful Arts

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. On the 7th of February 1815, when I discovered the de velopment of the complementary colours, by the successive reflexions of polarized light between two plates of gold and Silver, the effects of the Kaleidoscope, though rudely ezhi bited, were again forced upon my notice; the multiplied images were, however, coloured with the most splendid tints; and the whole efl'ect, though inconceivably inferior to the creations of the Kaleidoscope, was still far superior to anything that I had previously witnessed.