Aha. http://www.distortingmirrors.co.uk/index.php/types-shapes.html
So the answer is that you look fatter when you "stand close" (I assume inside the focal length). But it doesn't say what happens when you look from further away than the focal length... PS I hope this topic isn't too boring. I must admit I was expecting Brent to answer with diagrams (hopefully not of "what I can do with my questions" !) On 8 February 2014 12:32, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > I refrained from correcting Brent's grammar, but I see someone else "had > the gall" to anyway. > > It's odd that there aren't more examples of this on the www, unless I > chose the wrong words to search for (like distorting mirror, cylindrical > mirror, round mirror, and suchlike). I think things get interesting inside > a cylindrical mirror once you look from a position against one side towards > the opposite wall. Symmetry tells me the image won't be inverted, but I'm > guessing it's right-left reflected, and ... what else? > > (All I need is a bendy mirror, and I could find out for myself!) > > > > > On 8 February 2014 12:06, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To Brent and LizR: >> Brent, I would not suspect YOU to write the Genitive "your" as "you're". >> Not in a millennium. >> Liz: after having your Gallbladder removed you still have the gall to ask >> such questions? >> (and please, fellow 'savants', do not substitute a perfect round cylinder >> with a zillion straight >> mirrors placed together to mimick a round circumference. Round is round). >> JM >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:57 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 7 February 2014 16:48, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Are you thinking of having an MRI? >>>> >>>> I've had one, about 18 months ago. It was the most frightening >>> experiences of a week in hospital that included having my gall bladder >>> removed. But I didn't get to see the inside of the cylinder (except for the >>> odd glimpse) because I had to keep my eyes shut. >>> >>> This was just curiosity, plus the fact that a similar situation occurs >>> in a story I'm writing. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
