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Optics. Another visitor, Garry Derry, peers through an eyepiece which creates an optical illusion that a wooden bar is actually passing through anothe(...)
Optics. Another visitor, Garry Derry, peers through an eyepiece which creates an optical illusion that a wooden bar is actually passing through anothe(...)

Optics. Another visitor, Garry Derry, peers through an eyepiece which creates an optical illusion that a wooden bar is actually passing through anothe(...)

Date9/3/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Optics. Another visitor; Garry Derry; peers through an eyepiece which creates an optical illusion that a wooden bar is actually passing through another piece of wood. Other devices at the centre demonstrate many principles of physics to adults and children.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0110182F
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      Russell, Jim
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      James, Norman
      3/7/1942
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      1830
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      Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900
      1861
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      Chapman and Hall
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      Somerville, Elizabeth, 1774-
      Between 1838 and 1848
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/4/1991
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      Slaughter, Mike
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