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Zöllner illusion


Zollner illusion
A line distortion illusion first published by the astronomer Johann Zöllner in 1860. The diagonal lines, although parallel, appear not to be. The illusion was one of a series specifically designed to cause errors in optical equipment of that time. They did cause errors, and also great concern among scientists, over the validity of all human observations.


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   • Poggendorff illusion


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