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Illusions

CHAPTER IV
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Thus, to take the points of two legs of a pair of compasses for one point is clearly an illusion of perception.

Here is another and less familiar example.

Very cold and smooth surfaces, as those of metal, often appear to be wet.

I never feel sure, after wiping the blades of my skates, that they are perfectly dry, since they always seem more or less damp to my hand.

What is the reason of this?
Helmholtz explains the phenomenon by saying that the feeling we call by the name of wetness is a compound sensation consisting of one of temperature and one of touch proper.


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