Ladder

Snellwindow — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 15°30°45°60°85°the rim: 48.61° from straight upbeyond it: the bottom, reflected45° of sky0.469460° of sky0.370275° of sky0.211485° of sky0.0738area scalen = 1.333, so the rim is at asin(1/n) = 48.61°area scale 0.563 at the centre, 0.0738 at 85°

    The sky inside a cone

    From under water the whole sky — every direction out to the horizon — arrives inside a cone of 48.61°. Outside it the surface is a mirror. That cone is a picture surface, and it has a distortion no surface in the curved field has — an area scale that runs to zero.

    rung 2 · refraction

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