Bathing machines The bathing machine was a device, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, to allow people to change out of their usual clothes, possibly change into swimwear and then wade in the ocean at beaches. Bathing machines were roofed and walled wooden carts rolled into the sea. Some had solid wooden walls; others had canvas walls over a wooden frame. The bathing machine was part of sea-bathing etiquette more rigorously enforced upon women than men but to be observed by both sexes among those who wished to be “proper”. Especially in Britain, men and women were usually segregated, so nobody of the opposite sex might catch sight of them in their bathing suits, which were not considered proper clothing to be seen in. Once mixed gender bathing became socially acceptable, the days of the bathing machine were numbered.
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18 Vintage Mugshots From The Twenties I recently stumbled onto these amazing mugshots of Australian inmates of all kinds. Whores, gangsters, fraudsters, and crooks of every kind circa 1920. The quality that these were restored to is nothing short of astounding, capturing every detail and quirk of each prisoner. With names like Silent Tom, De Gracy and Montague, this is a fascinating look into the criminal world of yesteryear. 17 more mugshots after the jump! Shadow & Ball Carefully note the trajectory of the ball and its shadow. Does the ball appear to rise above the floor of the checkerboard pattern? Is there any ambiguity in the trajectory of the ball? Change the shadow to a diagonal shadow. Does the diagonal shadow make the ball appear to roll across the floor and go to another depth plane. What happens when you combine shadows? What happens when there is no shadow? So What ís Going On? Without a shadow the ball's motion is ambiguous. Your visual system can not decide between the two simplest possibilities for the movement of the ball. Actually, there are an infinite variety of possible paths for the ball to take, but your visual system selects only two simple paths. Faced with an ambiguous situation, your visual system looks for any clue that can resolve the ambiguity. A shadow can be enough of a visual clue to bias your perception of both the ball's trajectory and its depth. Kersten, D. Kersten, D., Mamassian, P., & Knill, D. Knill, D.