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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Purkinge's Figures In optics, figures produced on a wall of uniform colour when a person entering a dark room with a candle moves it up and down approximately on a level with the eyes. From the eye near the candle an image of the retinal vessels will appear projected on the wall. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 55 52 4B 49 4E 47 45 27 53 46 49 47 55 52 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010101 01010010 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000110 01001001 01000111 01010101 01010010 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P U R K I N G E ' S   F I G U R E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0055 0052 004B 0049 004E 0047 0045 0027 0053 0046 0049 0047 0055 0052 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5055524543484139953240434155523953 |
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