Comments on: Invisibility At Last Within Grasp of Man (Oct, 1936)

By: nypl archive, men of science. everything nice

nypl archive, men of science. everything nice — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:24:16 +0000

[...] blurbs announce the achievements of each of these luminaries. Achievements like those of Stephan Pribil (the gentleman in front of the control panel with the leather gloves on), who created a ray that [...]

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:18:25 +0000

Well, the last thing I want is a machine to make girls invisible.. what a bizarre idea. i would however, pay good money for a machine that makes girls visible WHERE THERE WERE NO GIRS BEFORE. In fact, I think I’ll start in and make one right now. First I must find an old wardrobe and a huge collection of radio tubes…

By: RangerGordon

RangerGordon — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:18:37 +0000

I love the photo caption: “At right, photo shows the girl completely invisible.”

Well, hell, yeah! Hope the photog got paid for that one. I’ve taken lost of pics of invisible girls.

By: kitty-carroll.org » No flying cars, either

kitty-carroll.org » No flying cars, either — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:30:29 +0000

[...] Seventy years ago, this was the pitch: Suppose that out onto a stage come eight chorus girls performing an intricate dance. Gradually something seems to happen, the heads, faces, and upper parts of the bodies of the girls seem to be disappearing. In fact, little by little they do become invisible to the audience until at last only eight pairs of legs are seen gracefully skipping about on the stage in perfect rhythm. You rub your eyes and begin to think youâ€™d better see an oculist right away, but while you are worrying about it, back into your vision come the eight girls, wholly there and dancing gaily as though they had not just given you the shock of a lifetime. Or suppose again that a girl is sitting atop a piano, singing. The piano begins to fade from sight; finally the girl is left sitting in midair, nonchalantly swinging her feet and blithely singing, as though her perch was perfectly substantial. [...]

By: Casandro

Casandro — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:25:36 +0000

Well, according to this: http://www.defensereview.com/article850.html
the US military is investing in such things.

And this: http://www.saferplane.com/stealth is the homepage of the company that’s developing that technology. According to some reports, they call their chief scientist “Dr. Z”.

By: Stannous

Stannous — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:49:24 +0000

Another reference to the mysterious Dr Pribil (part of fascinating article about odd science):
http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/history/brown.htm
Years earlier in Hungary (1936), Stephen Pribil demonstrated an “invisibility system”. His system utilized special heterodyned light beams to render objects transparent and even invisible. Under the beams produced by his special lamps, opaque objects gradually became transparent. The effect could be controlled, optical transparencies sustained at specific “intensities”. Radio cabinets, exposed to his lamps, faded from view. Astounded witnesses saw through the cabinets, while the interiors stood out with amazing clarity. Metal parts, tubes, and chassis could be seen darkly shining through the wooden enclosures.

Allowed to thoroughly handle each part of his apparatus as well as the objects made transparent, it was also obvious that the system actually worked. He rendered transparent any object they wished by his extraordinary method. What became of Mr. Pribil, his device, and his theories remains a mystery. In what manner spaces are distorted by very ordinary energies remains part of the scientific record. Numerous instances in which these strange phenomena make themselves apparent have been noted. The sharp black edges which surround grounded iron materials and evergreen trees seem to be related to the more extreme electrogravitic phenomena in outward appearance at the very least.