Mariotte experiment

Mariotte experiment
an experiment to demonstrate the blind spot of the eye: the eye is fixed on the center of a cross marked on a card on which is also marked a large spot; the card is moved to or from the face, and at a certain distance the image of the spot will disappear.

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