Chapter II: Part I: Real Magic Mirrors

BREWSTER, SIR DAVID. Account of a curious Chinese Mirror, etc.
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the preceding], and _Journal Franklin Institution_, vol. xv., p. 128,
1832.

PRINSEP, JAMES. On the Magic Mirror of Japan. _Journal of the Asiatic
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ARAGO, F. [Showed at meeting of _Académie des Sciences_ (Paris), a
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JULIEN, STANISLAS. Notice sur les miroirs magiques des Chinois et
leur fabrication. _Comptes Rendus_, xxiv., p. 999, June 7, 1847.
[This is a translation of a Chinese writer, Ou-tseu-hing (1260-1340),
who wrote on this subject in a Chinese Encyclopædia. Also showed
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SÉGUIER. [A note following the preceding.] _Comptes Rendus_, xxiv.,
p. 1001, June 7, 1847.

PERSON. Observations faites sur un des miroirs chinois dits miroirs
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MAILLARD. Note sur la fabrication des miroirs magiques chinois.
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BREWSTER, SIR D. Observation on the preceding paper [on Chinese Magic
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PARNELL, J. Chinese Mirrors, _The Reader_, vol. vii., p. 233, March
3, 1866.

PEPPER, J. H. Cyclopædic Science Simplified (London, 1869, F. Warne
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JULIEN, STANISLAS, and CHAMPION, PAUL. Les industries anciennes
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SATOW, ERNEST. The Shiñ-tau Temples of Isé. _Transactions of the
Asiatic Society of Japan_, vol. i., 1874. Reprinted 1882, p. 101.
Gives, p. 114-119, an account of the myth of the sun-goddess, and of
the making of the first mirror. Also speaks of the use of mirrors in
the Shiñ-tau religion.

GEERTS, DR. Useful Metals and Metallurgy of the Japanese.
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ATKINSON, R. W. (Professor of the Tokio Dai Gaku, or Imperial
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HIGHLEY, SAMUEL. Letter in _Nature_, June 14, 1877, vol. xvi., p. 132.

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142.

THOMPSON, SILVANUS P. Letter in _Nature_, June 28, 1877, vol. xvi.,
p. 163.

PARNELL, J. Letter in _Nature_, July 19, 1877, vol. xvi., p. 227.

MASSE, E. Miroirs Japonais. _Journal de Physique_, t. vi., p. 320,
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STERNE, CARUS. Article on Japanese Mirrors in _Gartenlaube_, Jahrg.
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AYRTON, WILLIAM E., and PERRY, JOHN (Professors in the Imperial
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AYRTON, WILLIAM E. The Mirror of Japan and its Magic Quality.
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1879.]

AYRTON, WILLIAM E., and PERRY, JOHN. Sur les miroirs magiques du
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AYRTON, WILLIAM E. _La Nature_, 1880, May 1, p. 514. (Report of
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GOVI, G. Les miroirs magiques des Chinois. _Annales de Chimie et de
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GOVI, G. Nouvelles expériences sur les miroirs magiques. _Annales de
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BERTIN, A., et DUBOSCQ, J. Production artificielle des miroirs
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BERTIN, A. Note sur les miroirs magiques. _Journal de Physique_, tome
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LAURENT, L. Miroirs magiques en verre argenté. _Journal de Physique_,
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PERSON. _Gakugeishirm_, No. 39, quoted by Muraoka; see _infra_.

GOTO, MAKITA. _Tokio-Gakugeisassi_, No. 22, p. 35, quoted by Muraoka;
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MURAOKA, HANICHI. Herstellung der japanesischen magischen
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the _Tokio-Gakugeisassi_.) [See also _Mittheil. der Deutschen
Gesellschaft Ostasiens_, heft 31, 1884].

MURAOKA, HANICHI. Ueber den japanesischen magischen Spiegel. _Wied.
Annalen_, xxv., 138, 1885.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM, F.R.C.S. Description and Historical Catalogue of
a Collection of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum
(London, 1886). (On P. 398, § 1905, is a description of a picture
representing the myth of the sun-goddess.)

AYRTON, WILLIAM E., and PERRY, JOHN. On the expansion produced by
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