The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-05

rs - as 10 Know WnaL II WOulu
~ ~ mean to stand in the
Ial places where the worlds
history has been made, to see for
yourself the grandeur and beauty, the
stupendous energy and the endlessly
varied life not only in our own land
but also in the distant countries of the
world?
The progress of scientific invention
now makes it possible for hundreds
OF thousands to realize this dream for
themselves and for their children.
Travel of the truest kind is within
your reach, and yet without using
! either ship or railway or any of the
ordinary bodily conveyances.
/ This statement is so extraordinary
In its claims that probably no reader
Of these lines will believe it at first.
Indeed no one could have been more
sceptical about it than the writer was
\ until he visited the New York estaD-
Y lishment Of Underwood & Underwood,
She business organization which is re-
pponsible for this truly remarkable de-
Nelopment of great scientific inven-
&iOn--as wonderful in its way as the
telephone.
The first few minutes Of my visit
were devoted to some interesting opti-
cal experiments. I was gwen a couple
of cards about three by seven inches
in dimensions. On each card were
drawn pair of rather complex geo.
metrical figures consisting Of many
curved lines crossing and re-crossing
each other in numerous ways. One
card was marked A and the other
3, but all four Of the patterns seemed
TO be precisely alike.
An ordinary stereoscope was handed
me with instructions to examine the
IA card through its lenses. The effect
was to enlarge the diagram slightly
Then / was asked to examine the B
card in the same way.
Right before my astonished eyes that
circular pattern" of black lines on a
light card transformed itself into a
sphere of slender wires 1t was al
. most Incredible did not imagine it.
My eyes actually did see a wire globe
standing out in the open space as
plainly as they ever saw solid ball
of wood or~of metal. 1t seemed as
dc / might reach out my hand and
prove its roundness by grasping it.
Naturally, I asked for an explanation.
The cards Al and B had apparently
been just alike, yet only the latter
gave this marvellous effect Of the third
dimension. But was asked to wait
q little for the explanation. with the
promise that it would shortly be given.
Next / was handed neutral tinted
card Of the same size as before on
which stereoscopic photographs Of
one scene were mounted in the manner
with which many people are familiar,
two prints on one card. side by side.
In the photographs 1 saw represent
ed a field with cluster of houses
beyond, and breaking surf on distant
sea beach; it was down in Martinique.
"A couple Of men stood talking in the
field close by, and could see some Of
the village houses in the space be-
tween their standing figures.
I was asked to examine this also
through the stereoscope. tt seemed
ito me hardly necessary, after the in
spection / had already given the twin
photographs; however, 1 put the card
in the rack and placed my head
against the hood Of the instrument
Here was astonished again. was
no longer looking at photograph
was seeing out into actual space. into
an actual place, and. moreover. this
place was startlingIy different from
what I had supposed when | looked
at the nat photograph without any
instrument Instead of looking from
Ehe side of field, / found was on a
high bluff, dropping abruptly perhaps
i've hundred feet just beyond the two
men. The houses that had supposed
ito stand at the farther side of the
tieId showed up as they really were,
at least half a mile distant over at the
other side Of a ravine. couldn't be
hieve my eyes at first. Then asked:
ls'What causes this effect of being
right there with open space all
aroundg
would not be time to explain fully"
was the answer, sbut the possibility Of
these effects Of reality depends first
of all on the principle of two-eye see
ing as distinguished from one-eye see
ing. You must begin with this prin-
ciple II you are to understand this
travel system. Most people never stop
to think why they have two eyes. If
the question occurs to them at all,
they probably fancy the second eye
Is merely piece Of reserve equip
ment -nature's provision against help
Eessness In case of accident to one
organ Of vision
Then my informant went on to ex-
plain that person with normal eye
sight sees very differently from per-
son with only one eye. To demonstrate
that statement, was asked to make
two or three personal experiments.
IFirst held my right arm out straight
in front of noe, on level with the
shoulder, the hand open, thu palm to-
wards the left Holding II 81 that po-
sition looked at the har' with my
right eye alone, keeping tze left eye
shut 4 found / could see the edge
Iof my hand and a part OF the back Of
THE hand. Next, keeping arm and
hand in the same position. / closed
khe right eye and used only the left
eye. That time saw the edge Of my