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Re: H. G. Wells; The Invisible Ship
Posted By: koalamom, on host 4.33.109.61
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000, at 20:12:18
In Reply To: Re: H. G. Wells; The Invisible Ship posted by Wolfspirit on Saturday, September 23, 2000, at 11:33:42:

> Hmpf. You missed my point entirely, Joseph. For example, let's consider that air has an index of refraction of 1.002, and water is 1.333, and the Amazing Amoeba Man (theoretically) has a refractive index of 1.370 along his boundaries. So if you put Amoeba Man in water, he durn well becomes well-nigh *invisible* in that environment because the change in refractivity between himself and water is only 0.037. Compare that to the 0.368 between himself and air, which would render him *transparent* in air but not invisible.
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You don't need science to become invisible. All you have to do is try to get waited on in a department store during your lunch hour.

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