Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-16
BY ARTHUR BoNSAL

81 ~ x 20 know what IL would \
mean to stand i'm The /
RNSRkEkx places where the worlds I
history las been made 10 see for 4
yourself the grandeur and beauty. the /
s,upcndous energy and the endlcssly /
varied ifc not only in orr own land /
but also iu the distant countries OF the (
world
The progress OF scientific invention
now makes IL possible FOR hundreds
OF thousands TO realize this dream for
themselves and for their children.
Trgvel 81 the trucst kind Is within
your reach ana yet without, Using
either ship or railway or amy of the
ordinary bodily conyeyances.
This statement is so cStre ordinary
I'm ITS claims that probably uo reader
o. ,hcsr iincs viii believe 81 at first
Indeed uo ono could have uecu moro
sceptica' about il than tine writer was
until De- visited the New York estaa-
lishmcrt e. Underwood & Underwood
the business organization which IS rc-
spons.bio Tor this truly remarkable dc-
ve'opmeut 81 a great scientific invcu-
tiou -as wonderful IN It's way cas- the
telephone
THE tr few minutes o. my visit
were devoted TO some interesting opt-
cal experiments.
was banded p neutral tinted card
on which Steroscopic photographs o.
ono scorc were mounted in the manner
with which many people ore familiar
two rrufs oa enc card. side 10y side.
They ioaaol like duplicate prints from
single weI-made negative.
On t.e Photographs 4 saw rCrresc n.-
eG q tal with a cluster o. houses
beyond. ANA breaking surf on distant
ses beach, 30 was down in Martinique
a couple 81 men stood talking in the
field c,oso 10y and I could SEQ some of
the Fur.r houses in thr space Dee
tween tIr.- standing figures.
w,- asked 60 examine This also
THROUGH the stcrcoscope. ~ seemed
10 me hardly necessary. after Che in-
spccf'or 7 lad already given tile twin
photographs. however. | put the card
in the rack and placed nay head
against thc hood Of the instrument
Here / WINS astonished again. / was
ro long,~ looking at photograph
was >ec.lg out into actual space int
an actual place. and. moreover. this
place was startlingly different from
what ! Lad supposed when / locke.
at ,he Nat photograph without amy
instrument, Instead OF looking iron
the side o. field. / found / was on
high hlum dropping abruptly pCrhau
five hundred feet just beyond tho TIVE
mon. Tic houses that I had suppose
10 stand - the farther side of o.
Held showed up as they really Were
az leas hali mile distant over at tn
other side of : rovine. 1 couldn't bC
Ncye uy eyes at first Then / asked
what causes this effect Of bcu
right there with open space al
aromdt'
"Ia tlc Jew minut, we have. thCr
would lot he time 10 explain fully.
was The answer. "but the possibility q
these effects Of reality depends frs
o. an cl the principle OF two-cye 81,
inS as distinguished from One-eye se'
ing. You must begin with this pril
ciple II you are to understand th.
travel system. Most people never sto
to think why they have two eyes.
the QucriiOn occurs 90 them at ri
they probably fancy the second cy
IS merely a piece OF reserve cqui
mcnt-naturc's provision against hell
lessness III case OF accident TO oI
organ 81 vision"
Then My informart went on 10 @,
plain mat a person with normal ey
sight secs very differently from a Pc
son with only one eye. To demoSstra
that statement. I was asked TO NAL
two or three personal experiment
First I ncid my right arm out straig
ia front OF me- on q level with q
shoulder. the hand open. the palm
wards the left. Holding it in that p
sition / looked at the hand with u
right csc alone. keeping the left e.
snnt I found l could see the ed
of 10Y hand and part OF the back
thc hand. Next. keeping arm AZ
hand in the same position. l clos
the right eve and used only the IL
eve. That time 1 saw the edge of a
hand and bit OF the palm. but
could not see around on the back
the hand as before. Last of All. l US
both eyes together Somewhat 10 /
own surprise. i noticed that / COZ
then see the edge of the hanli. part
the palm. and also part OF the ba
or tire hand. Indeed. found | ac
ally saw part way around the han'
The representative Of the ste
ographers then explained that
nocular or -tereoScopic camera diff
from an ordinary camera as ~
eyed man differs frcm a cripple "
only one eye. 1t has two lenses