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PERSISTENCE of vision is the basis of the cinematograph, but there is no persistence of vision when the eye is moved in ordinary circumstances. If there were, reading would be a difficult and slow process. This is explained by the double function of the ocular muscles, the decomposed photochemical products being pressed in the direction in which the eye moves, beyond the fixation point.
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EDRIDGE-GREEN, F. Persistence of Vision. Nature 155, 178 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155178a0
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