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2 unusual facts about Flammarion engraving


Flammarion

The Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by Camille Flammarion

Flammarion engraving

The Flammarion engraving was used as an illustration in C. G. Jung's Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies (1959), and in The Mathematical Experience (1981) by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh.


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