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Certain First Principles

           Andifyouwillconsideronlyasecond,youwillseealsothatthepowderofglassmightbemadetovanishinair,ifitsrefractiveindexcouldbemadethesameasthatofair; forthentherewouldbenorefractionorreflectionasthelightpassedfromglasstoair." 

           "Yes,yes,"saidKemp."Butaman'snotpowderedglass!" 

           "No,"saidGriffin."He'smoretransparent!" 

           "Nonsense!" 

           "Thatfromadoctor!Howoneforgets!Haveyoualreadyforgottenyourphysics,intenyears? Justthinkofallthethingsthataretransparentandseemnottobeso. Paper,forinstance,ismadeupoftransparentfibres,anditiswhiteandopaqueonlyforthesamereasonthatapowderofglassiswhiteandopaque. Oilwhitepaper,filluptheintersticesbetweentheparticleswithoilsothatthereisnolongerrefractionorreflectionexceptatthesurfaces,anditbecomesastransparentasglass. Andnotonlypaper,butcottonfibre,linenfibre,woolfibre,woodyfibre,andbone,Kemp,flesh,Kemp,hair,Kemp,nailsandnerves,Kemp,infactthewholefabricofamanexcepttheredofhisbloodandtheblackpigmentofhair,areallmadeupoftransparent,colourlesstissue. Solittlesufficestomakeusvisibleonetotheother. Forthemostpartthefibresofalivingcreaturearenomoreopaquethanwater." 

           "GreatHeavens!"criedKemp."Ofcourse,ofcourse!Iwasthinkingonlylastnightofthesealarvaeandalljelly-fish!" 

           "Nowyouhaveme!AndallthatIknewandhadinmindayearafterIleftLondon—sixyearsago. ButIkeptittomyself. 

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