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Primary and Secondary Vortices
A chain of overlapping circular whorls fills the upper panel while a larger funnel-like current and a smaller spiral occupy the lower one. Fine white lines stand out against the dark ground. The captions distinguish primary and secondary vortices within Oahspe’s proposed cosmic system.
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Illustrator not identified. "Primary and Secondary Vortices" [editorial title]. In Oahspe: A New Bible, John Ballou Newbrough; presented by the source as received revelation. Undated supplied transcription of Oahspe, with its 1882 title and New York editor’s preface., undated edition. Source scan leaf 744. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0431-0744
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Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Primary and Secondary Vortices. Oahspe: A New Bible. Scan leaf 744. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0431-0744