Visual Illusions: Their Causes, Characteristics and ApplicationsLuckiesh, Matthew
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Visual Illusions: Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications
Luckiesh, Matthew
Optical illusions
The camouflage of observation balloons has not been developed, though
experiments were being considered in this direction as the war closed.
Inasmuch as they are low-altitude crafts it appears that they would be
best camouflaged for the earth as a background. Their enemies pounce down
upon them from the sky so that low visibility from above seems to be the
better choice.
In the foregoing it has been aimed to give the reader the general
underlying principles of camouflage and low visibility, but at best this
is only a résumé. In the following references will be found more extensive
discussions of various phases of the subject.
REFERENCES
1. A Study of Zöllner's Figures and Other Related Figures, J. Jastrow,
Amer. Jour. of Psych. 1891, 4, p. 381.
2. A Study of Geometrical Illusions, C. H. Judd, Psych. Rev. 1899, 6, p.
241.
3. Visual Illusions of Depth, H. A. Carr, Psych. Rev. 1909, 16, p. 219.
4. Irradiation of Light, F. P. Boswell, Psych. Bul. 1905, 2, p. 200.
5. Retiring and Advancing Colors, M. Luckiesh, Amer. Jour. Psych. 1918,
29, p. 182.
6. The Language of Color, 1918, M. Luckiesh.
7. Apparent Form of the Dome of the Sky, Ann. d. Physik, 1918, 55, p. 387;
Sci. Abs. 1918, No. 1147.
8. Course on Optics, 1738, Robert Smith.
9. Color and Its Applications, 1915 and 1921; Light and Shade and Their
Applications, 1916, M. Luckiesh.
10. Report of The Submarine Defense Association, L. T. Bates and L. A.
Jones.
11. Marine Camouflage Design, E. L. Warner, Trans. I. E. S. 1919, 14, p.
215.
12. The Visibility of Airplanes, M. Luckiesh, Jour. Frank. Inst. March and
April, 1919; also Aerial Photometry, Astrophys. Jour. 1919, 49, p. 108.
13. Jour. Amer. Opt. Soc., E. Karrer, 1921.
The foregoing are only a few references indicated in the text. Hundreds of
references are available and obviously it is impracticable to include such
a list. The most fruitful sources of references are the general works on
psychology. E. B. Titchener's Experimental Psychology (vol. 1) contains an
excellent list. A chapter on Space in William James' Principles of
Psychology (vol. II) will be found of interest to those who wish to delve
deeper into visual perception. Other general references are Elements of
Physiological Psychology by Ladd and Woodworth; the works of Helmholtz; a
contribution by Hering in Hermann's Handb. d. Phys. Bk. III, part 1;
Physiological Psychology by Wundt; E. B. Delabarre, Amer. Jour. Psych.
1898, 9, p. 573; W. Wundt, Täuschungen, p. 157 and Philos. Stud. 1898, 14,
p. 1; T. Lipps, Raumaesthetik and Zeit. f. Psych. 1896, 12, 39.
INDEX
Aberration, 19
spherical, 122
chromatic, 135
Aerial perspective, 165, 183
After-images, 24, 25, 59, 128, 186
positive and negative, 129
Airplanes, visibility of, 233
camouflage for different types, 234
size of image at various altitudes, 238
camouflage for various conditions, 240
Alhazen, 8
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