PHYSICS 106</PHYSICS 106

PHYSICS 106

Selected Demonstrations including slides and other AV materials arranged by topic in Falk, Brill and Stork: Seeing the Light

(revised September 1995)

See large collection of transparencies of figures in text, produced by David Stork.

Chapter 1: Fundamental Properties of Light

1.1 What is Light?

O4-01 SCIENCE
O4-12 SAWING LASER BEAM WITH COMB
Slides A1-1.1 Aims or Goals of Science
A1-1.2 Biology/Chemistry/Physics
A1-1.3 Life without Physics....
Slides DF1-1,2,3 Cartoons
DF1-4 Galaxies in Corona Borealis
DF1-5,8 Scientists at work (Science fiction movies)
Slides DF2-5, 6 Rockne Krebs' Laser Exhibit
DF2-7 Beam of Argon Laser from Kitt Peak
DF2-8 Light travels in straight lines
DF2-9 Light rays streaming through clouds

1.2 Waves and Their Properties

G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
G2-01 MASS ON SPRING - HAND HELD
G2-02 FORCED HARMONIC MOTION WITH DAMPING - LARGE
G2-03 RESONANCE IN TORSIONAL PENDULUM - PROJECTION
H3-14 TWIRL-A-TUNE
H3-71 STROKED ALUMINUM ROD
H3-61 BEAKER BREAKER
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Videotape (good 7.5 min)
Slides B&S1-17 Damped SHM
B&S1-18, 19 Driven SHM
G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
G1-82 PENDULUM WAVES

1.3 Numbers Associated with Periodic Waves

L1-11 INVERSE SQUARE LAW - LIGHT BULB AND RADIOMETER
Slide B&S1-4 SHM Definition

1.4 Electromagnetic Radiation

K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Slide DF1-9 Electromagnetic Wave
N1-01 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
I2-06 THERMOPILE WITH AUDIO OSCILLATOR
Slide F1-2.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum
Slides DF1-10 Gamma-ray tracer
DF1-11 Thermography
DF1-12 IR Photo of Eastern USA
DF1-13 Temperature variations in room using IR
DF1-14 Dead Sea Scrolls with visible and IR light
DF1-15 Adaptive colorations in animals
DF1-16 Light flowers against dark leaves
DF1-17 X-ray tomography
DF1-18 Tomographs of a child
DF1-19 x-ray photo
DF1-20 Ultrasonic Triplets
N1-07 VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
I2-04 WIEN'S LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION
P2-21 BLACK BODY MODEL
Slide DF8-2 Black body spectrum
Slides DF2-3,4 Cartoons about ozone layer
L1-01 ARC LAMP - PROJECTION OF ARC
L1-02 TUNGSTEN-HALOGEN LAMP - PROJECTION OF LAMP
L1-03 LIGHT BULB WITHOUT VACUUM
Slides DF2-1,2 Types of bulbs

Chapter 2: Principles of Geometrical Optics

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Shadows

TUNGSTEN HALOGEN POINT SOURCE (demo to cast shadow)
Slide DF2-10 J. K. Lauter's Apparatus for making silhouettes
Slides F2-1.2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 B.C. B.C. Shadow Cartoons
E2-22 UMBRA AND PENUMBRA
E2-23 UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - EXTENDED SOURCE
E2-24 UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - COLOR FILTERS
Slides DF2-11 to 18 and DF3-1 to 10 Eclipse slides (18 slides)
Slide F2-1.19 B.C. Eclipse cartoon
L1-23 PINHOLE POLAROID CAMERA
L1-21 PINHOLE IMAGE - GROUND GLASS SCREEN
Slides DF3-15 Image vs. pinhole size
DF3-11 Pinhole camera photograph
DF12-18 Pinhole photo of daisies for 2 minutes
F2-7.4 Pinhole image of partial eclipse by hands
DF3-14 Chambered Nautilus pinhole eye
F2-3.11 Chambered Nautilus photo
F2-4.5 Camera Obscura for observing 1545 solar eclipse
DF3-4,5 Camera Observa

2.3 Reflection

Loop SINGLE PULSES IN A SPRING
Loop SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES IN A SPRING
Loop REFLECTION OF WAVES IN A SPRING - FREE & FIXED ENDS
L2-01 OPTICAL BOARD - PLANE MIRROR
G3-5 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
L2-21 OPTICAL BOARD - HALF-SILVERED MIRROR
L2-24 PARTIALLY SILVERED CYLINDER
L2-23 MIRROR BOX
L2-25 LIGHT BULB IN WATER
Slide DF4-1 Half-silvered Sunglasses
L2-22 INFINITY MIRROR
Slide F2-1.27 Infinity mirror cartoon/puzzle

2.4 Reflection at oblique incidence

DUCK SOUP MIRROR ROUTINE videotape
SESAME STREET MIRROR ROUTINE videotape
Slides DF3-16,17,18 Slides of reflection
Slide DF4-5 Paradoxical reflection from plane mirror
Slides F2-1.15,1.17,1.18 Plane mirror cartoons
L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
O4-11 HEADLESS WOMAN
Slides DF4-7 to 9 Disappearing car trick
Slides DF5-8 to 10 Mirror tricks
Slides DF4-13 to 15 Sun pillars
DF4-16 Street light sun pillar
Slides F2-8.9, 8.14 Sun pillars
Slides F2-2.15,2.16 Inverted views: Which is correct?
DF4-12 Matisse: La Voile (hung upside down)
L2-41 OPTICAL BOARD - CORNER REFLECTOR
L2-46 CORNER REFLECTOR - MODELS
L2-43 CORNER REFLECTOR - ROTATING
L2-42 CORNER REFLECTOR - MIRROR TILE
L2-44 CORNER REFLECTOR - HAND HELD
Slides
DF5-11 and 12 Lunar ranging corner reflector array
DF5-13 Multiple reflections of candle in mirror
Slides DF5-1 to 7 Art works using reflections

2.5 Refraction

L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
L4-02 REFRACTION - BEER MUG IN WATER
L4-03 REFRACTION - ROD IN WATER
L4-05 REFRACTION IN FISH TANK - PORTABLE
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
L4-32 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
L5-01 OPTICAL BOARD - TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
L5-03 FISH IN TANK - TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
L5-13 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL WITH LASER
L5-21 FIBER OPTICS ARRAY
L5-22 FIBER OPTICS ARRAY - PROJECTION
L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Slides F2 Set "Total Internal Reflection" (13 slides)
DF6-7,8 Fiber optics slides
L4-21 SNELL'S LAW - IMAGE DISTORTION
Slide DF6-4 Fish's view of fisherman
Slide DF5-15 Reflection and refraction - pencil in water
Slide DF6-5 Fish's view of girl with legs in water
Slides RG7-10 a,b,c,d,e,f Sun distortion at sunset
Slide DF6-1 Distortion in art
Slides DF6-2,3 Distortion photographs
Slides F2-1.21,1.22 Distortion cartoons
L4-23 BENDING OF A LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Slide F2-6.1 Laser beam in sugar solution
L4-22 MIRAGE - LASER AND HOT WIRE
Slides DF6-11,12,13,16,17,18\ Mirage slides
DF7-3 Mirage
F2-1.20, 1.22, 1.26 Mirage cartoons
DF5-16, DF7-9 Mirage cartoon
E2-47 TWINKLING STAR
E2-48 NON-TWINKLING PLANET

2.6 Dispersion

N1-02 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - INCANDESCENT
N1-22 OPTICAL BOARD - PRISMS - SEPARATE AND RECOMBINE
Slides F4-7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 Sunrise from airplane
RG7-9 a & b Refraction of Venus by earth atmosphere
F4-2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 Green Flash
RG7-1, 7-11 a, b, c, d, 7-12 Green Flash
DF7-10,11,12 Sun distortion at sunset and green flash
DF8-1 Dispersion inchandalier prism
DF8-2 Solar prism artwork - Charles Ross
O4-06 OPTICS OF A GLASS ROD
N1-61 REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN DIAMOND
Slides DF8-3 Diamond
N1-41 RAINDROP RAY MODEL
N1-42 RAINBOW - MECHANICAL MODEL
N1-43 RAINBOW - GLASS BEAD MODEL
N1-44 OPTICAL BOARD - RAINBOW
N1-45 RAINBOW - WATER FLASK
Slides F3 Atmospheric Phenomena Slide Set, #3, 9 (rainbows)
Slides F2-8.1 Diagram for rainbow
Slides DF8-5 Rainbow
DF8-6 Double rainbow
F2-8.5, 8.6 Double rainbows, one with supernumerary arc
DF8-7 Rainbow in fountain
DF8-8 Rainbow cartoon
N1-32 ICE CRYSTALS - PAPER MODELS
N1-31 SUN DOG - MODEL
Slides F2-8.2, 8.3, 8.4 Light refraction in hexagonal crystals
Slides F3 Atmospheric Phenomena Slide Set, #1, 8, 11 (halo)
Slide DF7-17 Halo
Slide F2-8.12 Halo
Slides F2-8.7, 8.8, 8.10 Sundogs
Slides 8.11, 8.13 Halos with sundogs
Slide DF7-18 Sundog and sun pillar

Chapter 3: Mirrors and Lenses

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Virtual Images

L2-04 VIRTUAL IMAGE DETECTOR - PLANE MIRROR
L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
L2-07 PERVERTED IMAGE - LIGHT
L2-63 TELEIDOSCOPE
L2-62 MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS WITH MIRROR TILES
L2-64 DUCK-IN KALEIDOSCOPE
L2-61 MIRROR TILES WITH LIGHT BULB
L2-65 METAMORPHOSIS OF A CUBE
Slides DF8-9 to 15 Mirrors
DF8-16 Hall of Mirrors
DF8-17 Art using mirror

3.3 Spherical Mirrors

L3-31 GIANT MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
L3-01 OPTICAL BOARD - CONVEX SPHERICAL MIRROR
L3-02 OPTICAL BOARD - RAY DIAGRAM - CONVEX MIRROR
L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR
Slide DF8-18 Escher "Hand with reflecting globe"
L3-41 ANAMORPHIC ART
Slides DF8-19 & 20, DF9-1 to 14 Anamorphic Art and grids
F2 Set Anamorphic Art at Waters Landing School (6 slides)
F2-4.1 Anamorphic advertisement making women thin
DF9-14 Holbein: The Ambassadors, with anamorphic skull
L3-11 OPTICAL BOARD - CONCAVE SPHERICAL MIRROR
L3-12 OPTICAL BOARD - RAY DIAGRAM - CONCAVE MIRROR
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Slide F2-5.11 Solar collector mirror photograph
L3-15 ROTATING LIQUID MIRROR
Slides F2-5.9 Setup for spin-casting telescope mirrors
F2-5.10 Spin-cast telescope mirror photograph
L3-23 IMAGE ON SCREEN USING CONCAVE MIRRORS
H2-02 PARABOLIC MICROPHONE
L3-21 LIGHT BULB AND PARABOLIC MIRROR
L3-22 PENDULUM AND SPHERICAL MIRROR
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
L3-20 APPARENT REFLECTION FROM VIRTUAL IMAGE
Slides DF10-15 Radiotelescope
F2-1.16 Concave telescope mirror cartoon

3.4 Spherical Lenses

L6-06 MULTIPLE PINHOLES AND LENS RECOMBINATION
L6-01 OPTICAL BOARD - CONVERGING SPHERICAL LENS
L6-08 REAL IMAGE OF CONVERGING LENS - LIGHT BULB
Slides DF9-18 Image formed by water drop
DF5-16 Water lens cartoon
L6-21 OPTICAL BOARD - DIVERGING SPHERICAL LENS
L6-04 OPTICAL BOARD - RAY DIAGRAM - REAL IMAGE W/POS LENS
L6-51 OPTICAL BOARD - FRESNEL LENS
Slide F2-5.7 Construction of Fresnel Lens
L6-52 FRESNEL LENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
L6-53 FRESNEL LENS MAGNIFIER
Slides DF10-2,3,4 Lighthouses and their Fresnel lenses
Slide F2-5.6 Lighthouse Fresnel lens (excellent photo)
L6-54 OPTICALLY PROGRAMMED TRAFFIC SIGNAL - MODEL
Slides F2-5.4, 5.5 Optically programmed traffic signal
L6-55 FRESNEL FLASHLIGHT
Slide F2-5.8 Fresnel lens flashlight
L6-56 FRESNEL SPOTLIGHT (lenses also used in lecture hall)
Slide DF10-5 Fresnel Spotlight

3.5 Aberrations

L6-01 OPTICAL BOARD - CONVERGING SPHERICAL LENS
L6-03 OPTICAL BOARD - HYPERBOLIC LENS
L6-31 STRING MODEL - SPHERICAL ABERRATION
(also use open baffle to show caustic curve)
L6-03 OPTICAL BOARD - HYPERBOLIC LENS
L6-33 STRING MODEL - CHROMATIC ABERRATION
L6-35 CHROMATIC ABERRATION - POINT SOURCE AND 20CM LENS
O1-23 ASTIGMATISM - ON AXIS
L6-36 STRING MODEL - ASTIGMATISM
L6-37 ASTIGMATISM
L6-38 COMA
F2 Set SLIDES OF ABERRATIONS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
(15 slides showing rays and photos)
Slide DF11-1 Aberrations - combination of above ray drawings
L3-13 OPTICAL BOARD - SPHERICAL ABERRATION IN CONCAVE MIRROR
L3-24 OPTICAL BOARD - SPHERICAL AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
A2-13 ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Loop: CIRCULAR WAVE REFLECTION FROM VARIOUS BARRIERS
Loop: REFLECTION OF WAVES FROM CONCAVE BARRIERS
Slides DF10-13 and 15 Rays on curved mirrors
L6-39 DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL WITH 2 IRISES
L6-40 DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
L6-41 DISTORTED IMAGE - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
L6-42 DISTORTION AND CORRECTION

Chapter 4: The Camera and Photography

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Focusing the Image

Slides DF11-2, 3, 4 View Camera
Slides DF11-5, 6, 7 Single-lens Reflex Camera
Slide 11-8,9 Rangefinder

4.3 Effects of Focal Length

4.4 Camera Lenses

L7-05 VIDEO CAMERA WITH VARIOUS LENSES
L7-06 MINICAM WITH WIDE-ANGLE, TELEPHOTO, AND MACRO ZOOM LENS
Slides DF11-10,12-3,4,5 Angle of view drawings
Slides DF11-11, 12, 13, Field of View\ of various lenses
Slides DF11-16,17,18, 12-1,2 Space Compression
Slide DF11-14 Elongation of off-axis objects
Slide DF11-15 lens cross-section for Vivitar Ser. 1 Macro 70-210 mm focusing zoom lens

4.5 Devices to Control Light

L7-04 DEPTH OF FIELD AND FIELD OF VIEW
Slides DF12-6 to 11 Depth of field vs stop
DF12-12,13 Depth of field of model train
L7-03 SHUTTER SPEED OF A CAMERA
Slides DF12-17 Action stopping power of shutter
DF13-1 Muybridge - Animal locomotion
DF13-2 Action stopped in 1 microsecond!
L7-01 LIGHT METERS
Slides DF12-14,15,16 Depth of field vs focal length

4.6 Exposure

4.7 Film

Slides DF13-4 High vs low contrast film
DF13-5 Butterflies taken with orthochromatin vs parachromatin film

Chapter 5: The Human Eye and Vision - I: Producing the Image

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Eye and Camera

Slides DF13-7,8,9 Overall eye structure
DF14-6 Eye lens structure drawing
DF14-5 Photos of eye lens with various curvature
Slide DF13-18 Red eye in flash photograph
Slides DF14-10 Human eye with pupil open and closed
Slides DF14-1,2,3,4,9,11,12,13,14,15,16 Animal eyes
DF14-19
DF14-20 Toad photoreceptors
O1-01 EYE MODEL - OPTICS
O1-02 EYE OPTICS MODEL - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
O1-03 IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA
O1-04 IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
O1-21 CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN EYE
Slide DF14-7 Chromatic Aberration in eye lens test
O1-22 SPHERICAL ABERRATION OF EYE USING PINHOLE

5.3 The Retina

Slides DF13-10,11,12,13 Drawings of retinal detail
DF-13-14,15,16,17 Photographs of retinas
O2-14 VISUAL LATENCY - REACTION TIME
O2-03 PERSISTENCE OF VISION - MAGIC WAND
M2-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - OPAQUE DISKS
O1-41 FLOATERS
O1-05 EYESCOPE

Chapter 6: Optical Instruments

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Single-Lens Instruments

O1-01 EYE MODEL - OPTICS (near- and far-sighted eyes)
O1-11 TEST OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS VS FARSIGHTEDNES
Slides DF16-16 & 17 Eyglasses Cartoons
L7-21 MAGNIFYING GLASS - TV
Slide DF10-1 Lacemaker's condensor

6.3 Compound Microscopes

L7-22 MICROSCOPE - TV

6.4 Telescopes

L7-31 PRINCIPAL PLANES
L7-12 OPTICAL BOARD - TELEPHOTO LENS
L7-11 OPTICAL BOARD - ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
L7-13 OPTICAL BOARD - GALILEAN TELESCOPE
L7-14 OPTICAL BOARD - REFLECTING TELESCOPE
L7-23 ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - TV
L7-24 TERRESTRIAL TELESCOPE - TV
L7-25 GALILEAN TELESCOPE - TV
Slides DF17-5,6

6.5 Schlieren Photography

M5-44 DARK FIELD IMAGES
M5-41 SCHLIEREN IMAGES - CONVECTION CURRENTS
Slides DF10-6,7 Schlieren photographs

6.6 Field of View

L7-32 FIELD LENS
L7-33 OVERHEAD PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
L7-34 SLIDE PROJECTOR - DISSECTED

Chapter 7: The Human Eye and Vision - II: Processing the Image

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Overview of the Human Visual System

Slides DF17-8 Human visual system
DF17-9 Information along visual pathways
Slide DF17-10 Optic nerve carrying impulse from optic chiasm
Slides F2-3.2 Section through retina
F2-3.3 Visual pathway - retina to visual cortex

7.3 Elementary Lightness Perception

H1-32 WAVETEK AND AUDIO CART - EQUAL SOUND LEVEL STEPS
Slide DF14-18 Weber's law

7.4 Retinal Processing 1: Lateral Inhibition

O4-22 CORNSWEET ILLUSION (several disks, with mask)
Slides DF15-1,2,3,7 Simultaneous contrast
Slides F2-2.4, 2.5 Simultaneous contrast
Slide DF15-6 Edge enhancement
Slides DF15-4 Rembrandt: Joseph accused by Potipher's wife
DF15-5 El Greco: Laocoon
Slide DF15-8 Outlines
Slide DF15-9 Brightness contrast
Slides DF16-2 Otto Piene anu fire flower
DF16-7
DF16-4,5,6 Subjective square, triangle, & cartoons
Slide DF15-10 Hermann Grid
Slide F2-2.3 Hermann Grid

7.5 Retinal Processing II: Negative Afterimages

Slide DF16-1 Neychi after image

7.6 Eye Movements

Slides DF15-11 Vasarely: Tlinko II
DF15-12 Yvanal: Polychperrictic
DF16-8 Mackay figure
DF16-9 Cinematic painting
DF16-10 Optical effects
DF16-11 Tadastly: Untitled
DF16-12 Brightness contrast in art
DF16-13 Current detail
DF16-14 Bridget Riley
DF16-15 Brightness contrast in art

7.7 Temporal Response

Slides DF15-13 Mutoscope
DF15-14 Taking pictures for the mutoscope
DF15-15 Drafting and retouring room with mutoscope
O2-02 ZOETROPE AND PRAXINOSCOPE
O2-21 STROBOSCOPIC CENCO
O2-22 STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER
O2-23 STROBOSCOPIC DISKS
D1-01 STROBOSCOPE AND FAN
H4-15 TUNER - STROBE TYPE
Slides DF15-16 & 17 Zoetrope
Slide DF15-18 Frames of movie

7.8 Channels: Spatial Frequency and Tilt

Slide DF16-3

7.9 Other Channels

O4-21 TRAVELING LIGHT ILLUSION
O4-24 DISTORTED FACE ILLUSION
O4-32 SIZE OF COLORED FIGURES

7.10 Machine Vision

Chapter 8: Binocular Vision and Perception of Depth

8.1 Introduction

Slide DF17-12 Edward Hicks: The Peaceable Kingdom

8.2 Accommodation

8.3 Convergence

O4-51 ANAGLYPH
Slide F2-2.10 Explanation of three-dimensional color shadows
Slides DF18-14,15,16 Three-dimensional color photos
DF19-3 Three-dimensional colored dot pattern

8.4 Parallax

Slide DF17-13
Slide DF17-14 Alfred Leete: Recruiting poster

8.5 Binocular Disparity

O2-11 PULFRICH PENDULUM
O2-12 PULFRICH PENDULUM - BIFILAR SUSPENSION
Slide F2-2.9 Explanation of Pulfrich pendulum
Slides DF18-6, 7, 8 Various historical stereoscopes
Slide DF18-9 Tissue view
Slide DF18-10 Stereoptical view of Constantinople
Slide DF18-11 Ad for stereoscope
Slide DF18-12 Stereoscopic photograph
Slide DF18-13 Ad for stereoscopic camera
Slide DF19-2 Spotted dog on spotted background
Slides DF19-6 through 19-15 Victorian picture puzzles
Slide DF19-4 Picture puzzle "Never believe"

8.6 Three Dimensions Versus Two Dimensions and the Ambiguous Depth Clues

O4-33 IMPOSSIBLE TRIANGLE
Slides DF17-16,17,18,19, 18-1,2 Impossible figures
F2-2.6 Impossible figure
DF18-3 Escher Waterfall
F2-2.17,2.18 Model of Escher Waterfall
DF18-4 Hogarth Perspective frontspiece
VHS Videotape: A Pair of Paradoxes (C3)
H5-41 COMPACT DISC - AUDITORY ILLUSIONS (Shepard's Tones)
O4-31 TRAPEZOIDAL WINDOW
Slide DF20-8 Size vs distance
Slides DF19-18, 20-1, 20-2 Buildings with painted windows
Slides DF19-16 Duccio: The Calling of the Apostles
DF19-17 Tintoretto: Christ at the Sea of Galilee
DF20-4 Rogier van der Weyden: Saint George and the Dragon
DF20-5 Galleria in Mika
DF20-9 Gene Davis: Moon Dog
DF20-10 Perspective
DF20-10 Real window perspective
DF20-11 Pete Turner: Road Song
DF20-12, 13 Railroad tracks looking both ways
Slides DF20-14,15 Distorted photographs
O4-23 LIGHT PISTON
O4-36 PERSPECTIVE BOX - CHAIR
Slides F2-2.20 to 2.25 Parking garage walkway illusion
Slides DF21-1 Panini: Interior of St. Peter's, Rome
DF21-2 Tintern Abbey
DF21-3 Unlabled
DF21-4 Thirteenth century upside down sawmill
DF21-5 Albrecht Durer: Demo of perspective draftsmen
DF21-6,7 The practice of perspective
DF21-8 Nude showing true geometrical perspective
DF21-9 Artist's modification of perspective
O4-03 OPTICAL ILLUSION SLIDES - BLACK AND WHITE
(25 slides of miscellaneous illusions)
Slide F2-2.12 EXPECTATIONS - PARIS IN THE SPRING
Slides DF18-17 Figure inverted longitudinally
DF22-14 Depth clue shadows
Slides F2-2.11,2.19 Metamorphosis illusions
Slides F2-2.8,2.14 Oscillating figures
Slide DF21-10 Conflicting depth curves
O4-35 PERSPECTIVE BOX - CHAIR
Slides DF21-11 Perspective Cabinet: Dutch Interna
DF21-12 Perspective Cabinet
DF21-13 Andra Pozzo
DF21-14,15 Jan Beuthenen: The Room
DF21-16 Distortion of apparent size in non-rectangular room
DF21-17 Perspective illusion
DF21-18 Contrasts of proportion and perspective by a few lines
DF22-1 Leonardo: The Last Supper
DF22-2 Perspective in art
DF22-3 John Grazier: Dark Rooms
DF22-4 Matisse: The Painter's Family
DF22-5 Jan Dibbeb: Perspective Correction
DF22-6,7 Colonnade in the Palazzo Spady, Rome
DF22-8 Perspective stage setting
DF22-9 The 2-door doll house trick (fake perspective)
DF22-10 Perspective in architecture
DF22-11 Acropolis Parthenon, Athens
DF22-12 False perspective
DF22-13 Jean Arp: Classical Figure
DF22-14 Depth clue shadows
DF22-15 White-tailed deer in 18" high may apple plants
DF22-16 Gray fox
DF22-17 Tetra - fresh water fish from central South America
DF22-18 Jacopo Ligozzi: Jerboa
DF23-1 Bottom side of Abra liupsis squid
DF23-2 Monet: Rouen Cathedral, West Facade
DF23-3 Matisse: The lunch table
DF23-4 Helmholtz: Irradiation illusion
DF23-5 Size illusion
DF23-6 Hirpshige: Miyahokoshi
DF23-7 Depth clue - color, brightness variation
DF23-8 Fragonard: A young girl reading
DF23-9 Pissarre: Charing Cross Bridge, London
DF23-10 Blue Mountains
DF23-11 Blue in distant scene
DF23-12 Simultaneous contrast gives depth perspective
DF23-13 Effect of color on depth perspective
DF23-14 Anuskiewicz: Fluorescent complement
DF23-15 Red comes forward, blue recedes
DF23-16 Anuskiewicz: Iridescence
DF23-17 Turner: Venice: Dojana & San Giogia Maggione
DF23-18 Degas: Before the ballet
DF24-1 Unknown artist: Mahantango Valley farm
DF24-2 Converging railroad tracks
DF24-3 Depth clues - converging lines of dots convey depth
DF24-4 Vasarely:
DF24-5 Matisse: Harmony in red
DF24-6 Wallpaper cartoon
DF24-7 Depth clues overlap
DF24-8 Depth clues - layering
DF24-9 Depth perception clues
DF24-10 Study, a woman's back
DF24-11 Black figure and red figure
DF24-12 Dali:Old age, Adolescence, and Infancy, The Three Ages
DF24-13 Oscillating figure illusion
DF24-14 Dali: The mysterious Urn (identify hidden faces, etc.)
DF24-15 Salvatori Dali: The Golden Chalice
DF24-16 Cocktails for two trick backlight
DF24-17 Various visual illusions
DF24-18 Cube in advertisement
DF25-1 Reversible cube quilt
DF25-2 Ambiguous figure
DF25-3 Shroder's staircase illusion
DF25-4 Thiery's figure
DF25-5 Vasarely: Gestalt III
DF25-6 Cunningham
DF25-7 Shape constancy
DF25-8 David Suter: Faceless face
DF25-9 Van Gogh: The Olive Orchard

Chapter 9. COLOR

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Color Versus Wavelength, and Nonspectral Colors

Slides DF25-10,11,12
DF25-13 Color Tree
DF25-14 Hue vs. Brightness
DF25-15 Renoir: A girl with a watering can (non-spectral colors)

9.3 The Intensity-Distribution Curve and the Classification of Colors

N1-21 COLOR SEPARATION AND RECOMBINATION BY PRISMS
N3-24 FILTERGRAPH
N1-02 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - INCANDESCENT
N3-09 COLOR THEORY SLIDE
Slides DF25-16 Additive color mixing
DF25-18 Color mixing (RGB filters)

9.4 Color Mixing by Addition

N3-01 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING OF LIGHTS
N3-02 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
N3-21 ADDITIVE FILTERS AND THEIR SPECTRA
N3-05 COLOR MIXING VIA CHROMATICITY DIAGRAM
Slides DF26-11,12 Chromaticity diagrams
DF26-13 Colors, spectra, location on chromaticity diagram
N3-33 MAXWELL'S EXPERIMENT - THREE-COLOR MIXING

9.5 Ways of Mixing Colors by Addition

N3-03 COLOR MIXING WITH DICHROIC SPOTLIGHTS
N3-04 POSITIVE COLOR MIXING IN COLOR TV
N3-06 COLOR WHEEL
N3-07 COLOR WHEEL - FLUORESCENT
N3-08 STROBOSCOPIC COLOR WHEEL
N3-25 SERIES RED FILTERS
Slides DF26-14 Color TV red, green, blue phosphors
DF26-15 Color TV red, green, blue phosphors
DF26-16 Additive color mixing - small dots spray painted
DF27-2 Distant leaves - oak tree (additive color mixing)
DF27-3 Close up leaves - oak tree (additive color mixing)

9.6 Color Mixing by Subtraction

N3-09 COLOR THEORY SLIDE
N3-22 SUBTRACTIVE FILTERS AND THEIR SPECTRA
Slides DF27-8 Subtractive colors
DF27-9 C-9 Subtractive colors
DF27-7 Reflection spectra of various dyes
DF27-10 Internal reflections increase saturation
DF27-12 Colored paper
DF27-13, 14 Subtractive colors
DF28-5 Color mixing - pigments
DF28-6 Morris Louis: Aleph Series V

9.7 Dependence of Subtractive Color on the Light Source

N3-44 THE COLOR OF COPPER
N3-41 SPLITTING OF SPECTRUM INTO COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
N2-31 ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF CHLOROPHYLL
N2-32 ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS
N3-43 COLORS REFLECTED FROM COLORED OBJECTS
Slides DF28-16 Eggs in different light
DF29-1 White light and double line metamers
DF28-12 Surface reflections desaturate color
DF28-14 Monet: Rouen Cathedral West Facade, Sunlight
DF28-15 Monet: Cathedral in Morning
DF28-16 Monet: The Houses of Parliament, Sunset
DF28-18 Textile samples under incandescent and fluorescent light
N3-45 REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION FROM GOLD FOIL
Slide DF28-11 Transmission and reflection from gold foil

9.8 Water Colors and Printer's Inks

G4-31 MOIRE PATTERNS
G4-32 MOIRE PATTERNS - COLOR
Slides illustrating half-tone techniques:
Slides DF27-15 Roosevelt
DF27-16
DF27-17 Dali: Portrait of my dead brother
DF27-18 Che Guevara
DF28-1 Falk
DF28-2 Woodrow Wilson formed using 21,000 soldiers
DF28-3 Vastly enlarged color half-tone dots
DF27-6 Richard Anuskiewics: All things do live in the three

9.9 Pigments, Paints, and Paintings

Chapter 10: Color Perception Mechanisms

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Trichromacy of Color Vision

10.3 Color Mixing and Matching

10.4 Opponent Processing

O3-01 COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - SLIDE PROJECTORS
O3-02 COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - DOUBLE POINT SOURCE
O3-03 LAND EFFECT
Videotape: Colorful Notions

10.5 Color Deficiency

O3-11 COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS
O3-12 COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS WITH VIDEO PROJECTOR

10.6 Spatial Processing of Color

Slides DF29-8,9,10,14 Variation of apparent color due to surroundings
DF29-11,12,13,18 Simultaneous color contrast
DF29-17 Brightness and color contrast
DF30-1 Ad Reinhardt: Abstract Painting, Red
DF27-4 Von Bezold effect
DF27-5 Von Bezold spreading effect

10.7 Temporal Processing

O3-22 BIDWELL'S DISK
O3-21 BENHAM TOP

10.8 Contingent Afteraffects and Memory

O4-04 COLOR ILLUSION SLIDES

Chapter 11: Color Photography

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Principles

11.3 Additive Color Film

11.4 Subtractive Color Film

N3-31 COLOR SEPARATION TRANSPARENCIES
Slides DF31-5 Polaroid SX-70 film
DF31-6 Kodak EK6 vs polaroid
DF31-7 Kodak instant film
DF30-16 C-13 color positive and negative
DF30-17 C-14 color positive and negative
DF30-14 Variation in color using different film
DF31-4 SX-70 ad
Slides Kodansha C-13 and C-14

11.5 False Color, Intended and Unintended

N3-51 SPECTRUM WITH MINICAM AND VIDEO PROJECTOR
Slides F4 SET: Lights on Campus

11.6 Kirlian Photography

Chapter 12: Wave Optics

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Interference

LOOPS: SINGLE PULSES IN A SPRING
SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES IN A SPRING
REFLECTION OF WAVES IN A SPRING - FREE END & FIXED END
M4-21 SOAP FILM INTERFERENCE - SIMPLE LARGE VERSION
M4-22 SOAP FILM INTERFERENCE - PROJECTION
M4-23 SOAP FILM INTERFERENCE - ROTATING HEMISPHERE
M4-24 SOAP FILM INTERFERENCE - CORRIDOR DISPLAY
M4-01 INTERFERENCE IN THIN MICA SHEET - PROJECTION
M4-02 NEWTON'S RINGS - PROJECTION
M4-03 WEDGE INTERFERENCE FILTER
M4-04 INTERFERENCE BETWEEN GLASS PLATES
M4-12 DICHROIC FILTERS
Slides DF32-10 Reflection from soap film of various thickness
DF32-11 L-1 interference in soap film
DF32-12 L-2 interference in soap film
DF32-13 Larry Bell: Memories of Mike
M4-11 ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING
Slides DF32-14 Visibility through coated, partially coated, and uncoated glass portions
DF32-15 Lens coating reduces reflection and glare
Slides F3-7.1 to 7.5 Use of anti-reflective coating in photographing pictures
M1-13 INTERFERENCE - KLINGER TRANSPARENT SLIDES
M1-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
H2-21 AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - GROUP LISTENING
H2-26 PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS
Slides DF31-17 Double slit interference pattern
DF31-18 Interference using ripple tank
DF32-1 Double slit interference diagram
M5-22 LASER DIFFRACTION - LLOYD'S MIRROR

12.3 Applications of Interference

M1-21 LASER DIFFRACTION - MULTIPLE SLITS
M1-22 LASER DIFFRACTION - GRATINGS
M1-33 LASER DIFFRACTION - PHONOGRAPH RECORD
Slides DF32-3 R-8 x-ray Laue spots
DF32-4 Full moon through mesh curtain
DF32-5 Picture of sunset through Spiratone rayburst streamers
DF32-6 Notre Dame, Paris, through starburst filter
DF32-7 Christmas tree through spectrum glasses
DF32-8 Christmas tree through rotating spectrum glasses
DF32-9 Picture taken with spectroluster Nebula grating
M4-31 IRIDESCENT BOTTLE
M1-41 PEACOCK FILTER
M1-42 IRIDESCENT GREEN JUNE BEETLE
Slides DF32-16 44x2 interference layers of the wing of the African tortoise beetle
DF32-17 Color changes in tortoise beetles
DF32-18 Color pro
DF33-1 Scanning electron micrographs of diffraction grating
DF33-2 Iridescent colors of hummingbird
DF33-3 Diagram of hummingbird
DF33-4 Peacock open in Warvill Castle Garden
DF33-5 Diagram of small portion of a cross section of peacock barbule
DF33-6 Peacock feathers
DF33-7 Peacock feathers - transmitted
DF33-8 Green color from: blue (structure) & yellow (pigment)
DF33-9 What causes colors of a butterfly's wings
DF33-10 Ridges on side of Morpho butterfly
DF33-11 Rainbow boa
DF33-12 Types of opal
DF33-13 Opals - 3 views of same area of stone
DF33-14 Opal - hexagonal packing of silica spheres
DF33-15 Vase of Tiffany peacock glass
M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
M3-02 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - WHITE LIGHT
M3-31 INTERFEROMETER MODEL - MOIRE PATTERN
G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS WAVELENGTH
G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
H3-71 STROKED ALUMINUM ROD
H4-31 VIOLIN
H3-14 TWIRL-A-TUNE
G3-41 WAVE MODELS - PROJECTION
LOOPS: TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - WAVE GROUPS
TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - CONTINUOUS WAVE TRAINS
LONGITUDINAL STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING

12.4 Babinet's and Huygens' Principles

G4-02 RIPPLE TANK

12.5 Diffraction

M1-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
M1-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
M1-04 LASER DIFFRACTION - WIRES
Slides DF34-1 Single slit and double slit patterns
DF34-2 Single slit diffrqaction pattern
DF34-3 Single slit diffraction pattern
LOOPS DIFFRACTION SINGLE SLIT
DIFFRACTION DOUBLE SLIT
H2-31 ACOUSTIC COLLIMATOR
H2-32 SPEAKER WITH BAFFLE
M2-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
M2-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - OPAQUE DISCS
O1-41 FLOATERS
M2-03 LASER DIFFRACTION - POISSON'S BRIGHT SPOT
M2-04 LASER DIFFRACTION - HALO
M2-31 HALO BY DIFFRACTION FROM SMALL PARTICLES (actually a "GLORY")
Slides DF34-10 The "glory"
DF34-11 Glory
Slides F3 Atmospheric Phenomena Slide Set (Glory)
Slides DF3-15 Image vs. pinhole size
DF34-16 Image of an object seen through different apparatus
M5-31 FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION AND SPATIAL FILTERING - VERS 1
M5-32 FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION AND SPATIAL FILTERING - VERS 2
M5-33 FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION AND SPATIAL FILTERING - VERS 3
M5-03 LASER DIFFRACTION - OPTICAL CRYSTALS
M5-04 LASER DIFFRACTION - EXOTIC ARRAYS
M5-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - PIN POINT
M5-12 LASER DIFFRACTION - RAZOR EDGE

Chapter 13: Scattering and Polarization

13.1 Introduction

K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
M7-01 MICROWAVES - POLARIZATION
M7-03 POLAROIDS AND GOOSENECK LAMP
M7-04 MALUS'LAW
M7-05 ROPE AND COOKIE COOLERS

13.2 Rayleigh Scattering

13.3 Polarization Due to Scattering

M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
M7-32 TRANSVERSE NATURE OF LIGHT
M7-33 DEPOLARIZATION BY SCATTERING - WAX PAPER

13.4 Polarization Due to Reflection

M7-12 BREWSTER'S ANGLE - POLAROID AND TWO REFLECTORS
M7-15 LINEAR AND ELLIP POLARIZATION - REF FROM DIEL & COND
M7-14 BREWSTER'S WINDOW
M7-11 OPTICAL BOARD - BREWSTER'S ANGLE
M7-16 REFLECTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT FROM CONDUCTOR AND DIELECTRIC

13.5 Polarization Due to Absorbtion

13.6 Polarization and Analyzing

M7-01 MICROWAVES - POLARIZATION
M7-03 POLAROIDS AND GOOSENECK LAMP

13.7 Controlling Polarization with Electric Fields

M9-01 ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION - MECHANICAL MODEL
M9-02 CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - ROTATING VECTOR MODEL
M9-03 CIRCULAR POLARIZATION - STICK MODEL
M9-11 MICROWAVES - ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION
M9-21 QUARTER WAVE PLATE
M9-22 HALF WAVE PLATE
M9-23 CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT
M8-31 LIQUID CRYSTALS

13.8 Birefringence

M8-21 CALCITE BIREFRINGENCE
I7-04 CRYSTAL MODELS - CALCITE (with actual calcite crystal)
M8-22 NICOL PRISM

13.9 Optical Activity

M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
M8-11 OPTICAL ACTIVITY - ROSE AND BUTTERFLY
M8-03 OPTICAL ACTIVITY IN KARO SYRUP CYLINDERS
M8-04 OPTICAL ACTIVITY IN KARO SYRUP TANK
M8-05 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP - SPECTRUM
M8-12 POLARIZED COLOR SLIDE SET
M8-13 POLAGE
M8-14 PHOTOELASTICITY
Slides F5-2.1 to 2.6 Hailstones
Slides F5-2.6 to 2.10 Stress patterns in cathedrals

13.10 More Birefringence - Propagation at Odd Angles

Chapter 14: Holography

14.1 Introduction

Film: Introduction to Holography
Slides:C3-7.4 to 7.8 Acoustic Holography

14.2 Transmission Holograms

M6-01 HOLOGRAM - LASER LIGHT - VOLKSWAGEN
M6-02 HOLOGRAM - LASER LIGHT - THE SCIENTIST
M6-03 HOLOGRAM - LASER LIGHT - MISC INDIVIDUAL VIEWING

14.3 Production of Transmission Holograms

14.4 Applications of Transmission Holography

14.5 White-Light Holograms

M6-21 HOLOGRAM - REFLECTION - MARCHING BAND
M6-22 HOLOGRAM - REFLECTION - ORRERY
M6-23 HOLOGRAM - REFLECTION - OWLS
M6-24 HOLOGRAM - REFLECTION - WEREWOLF

14.6 OTHER METHODS OF DISPLAY HOLOGRAPHY

M6-11 HOLOGRAM - MULTIPLEX - BASEBALL
M6-12 HOLOGRAM - MULTIPLEX - THE KISS
M6-13 HOLOGRAM - MULTIPLEX - KING KONG

Chapter 15: Light in Modern Physics

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Particles and Waves

P2-01 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT AND PLANCK'S CONSTANT
P2-02 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - ARC LAMP
P2-04 PHOTOELECTRIC PROPELLER
P2-06 PHOTOELECTRIC TRUCK
P2-11 INTERFERENCE OF PHOTONS
P2-12 X-RAY DIFFRACTION - MODEL
P2-13 ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
P2-14 ELECTRON DIFFRACTION MODEL
M5-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - TWO DIMENSIONAL GRATINGS
M5-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - MESHES
Film: Matter Waves
M2-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
M2-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - OPAQUE DISCS
Slide G4-6.2 Alpha particle scattering off various nuclei

15.3 Atomic Spectra

P3-53 ATOMIC ENERGY LEVEL MODEL
N2-21 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
N2-02 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
N2-03 DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF SODIUM - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
N2-07 DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF HYDROGEN - HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING

15.4 Lasers

Film: Introduction to Lasers
L1-32 VISIBLE LASER

15.5 New Light on Mechanics

H2-41 DOPPLER BALL
H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING

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