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Code Number: 6A10.59
Demo Title: Mirrors - Virtual Image
Condition: Good
Principle: Images in a mirror
Area of Study: Optics
Equipment:
Mirror, String, Lasers, meter stick or meter tape.
Procedure:
Place an object so that it makes an image in a mirror. Use ray diagrams or strings to show where the image in the mirror appears to be. Relate this to the object mirror distance.
References:
- Sanjoy Kumar Pal, Soumen Sarkar, Surajit Chakrabarti, "Experimental Determination of the Transverse Width and Position of the Virtual Images Produced by Thin Lenses and a Plane Mirror with Smartphone Photography", TPT, Vol. 62, #5, May 2024, p. 367.
- Ana Rita Mota, Joao Lopes dos Santos, "Virtual Images: Going Through the Looking Glass", TPT, Vol. 55, #1, Jan. 2017, p. 52.
- Mickey D. Kutzner and Samantha Snelling, "Measuring Magnification of Virtual Images Using Digital Cameras", TPT, Vol. 54, #8, Nov. 2016, p. 503.
- Jay M. Pasachoff, "Addams Monster and Infinite Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 48, # 5, May 2010, p. 278.
- Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "Virtual Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 48, # 1, January 2010, p. 26.
- Peter Mansell, "Where is the Reflection?", TPT, Vol. 45, # 2, Feb. 2007, p. 119.
- David R. Lapp, "Determining Plane Mirror Image Distance from Eye Charts", TPT, Vol. 31, # 1, Jan. 1993, p. 59.
- Govind S. Khandelwal and Wynford L. Harries, "The Mirror Equation", TPT, Vol. 28, # 5, May 1990, p. 299.
- Francis T. Worrell, "Where's That Virtual Image?", TPT, Vol. 21, # 8, Nov. 1983, p. 524.
- John W. Layman, "That Can't Be: A Virtual Comment", TPT, Vol. 17, # 4, Apr. 1979, p. 253.
- David Singer, "The Location of Virtual Images in Plane and Curved Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 17, # 8, Nov. 1979, p. 534.