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THE explanation sought by Prof. T. S. Patterson1of the apparent reduction in size of the ‘squint’ stereo-image may be this. The apparent position of the ‘squint’ image is at the intersection of the crossed optic axes about half the distance of the stereo-card. Meanwhile, the angle subtended by the picture at either eye remains roughly what it was for the ‘parallel’ image. The inevitable instinctive comparison results in the apparently nearer presenting itself as proportionately smaller.
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MCENTEGART, W. Binocular Stereoscopic Vision. Nature 144, 154 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144154a0
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