Necker, 1832: "An optical phænomenon on viewing a figure of a geometrical solid"
Summary
This 1832 paper by Necker describes an optical phenomenon where a two-dimensional drawing of a geometrical solid can be perceived as a three-dimensional cube that flips orientation.
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