Scientific amusements . Concave mirror. MIRRORS. 39 We can understand these phenomena by the accom-panying diagrams. Suppose a ray, A n, passes from oneobject, AB, at right angles, it will be reflected as nKC, theray, A C, being reflected to F. These cannot meet in front. Reflection ol mirrors (I). of the mirror, but they will if produced meet at a, and thepoint A will be reflected there ; similarly B will be reflectedat b, and thus a magnified image will appear behind or atthe back of the mirrors surface. In the next diagram the

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