An experiment on apparent movement reported by Brown and Voth and referred to by Osgood and Bartley was repeated. The results obtained differed from those reported by Brown and Voth, but exhibited phenomena not described by them. Further experiments derived from their theories were also carried out, the results failing to support Korte's laws and raising some new points.
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