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Re: was: Impossible cube
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: was: Impossible cube

                    

                        From Aidan Karley <aid...@mynameplus1.demon.co.uk.invalid>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 9 Jan 2005 01:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
In article <a70...@posting.google.com>, N. 
Thornton wrote:
> These cubes arent quite as impossible as they look. It is possible to
> construct one, and paint/print the necessary bit of misleading pattern
> onto the leg, so that when looked at from exactly the right angle, you
> see the pic above, when it really is a solid 3d shape.
> 
> Put one in a box with a viewing pinhole and you get puzzled onlookers.
> 
> Probly not explained it that well...
>
       Oh, well enough.
       You might find the animations in the 'Downloads' section of 
http://www.mcescher.com/ interesting.
       
-- 
Aidan Karley,
Geologist,
"You are in a maze of twisty little presentation styles, all [different 
| alike]."



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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