A common illusion in connection with the apparent size ol the moon when it was low in the heavens was mentioned h v professor H. W. Segar, of the Auckland University College, during a led lire. Ile said the moon, when it was rising or setting, was viewed in rein I ions to objects on the surface of the earth, and its actual size was exaggerated. If it were studied through a pim- of piping, in order to exclude a. view of ether objects, the moon would appear no larger than when it was high in the heavens.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1932, Page 5
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