Show POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE distance Dl stanca at which recognition of a person may be Consid considered ored ft brimble BriJ flable ble how often we say 1 I recognized him sometimes at distances that make us doubtful now the german government has made scientific investigations showing the distance at which this recognition may lie be considered reliable according to their report a man with good eyes will recognize a person seen been once before at a distance not greatly exceeding 82 feet an intimate acquaintance may be recognized at from one hundred and sixty to three hundred and twenty teet feet and p very dear friend or relative up to five hundred feet the rifleman can discern the different parts 0 ot his body and every decided movement at about three hundred feet and a movement of the legs or arms up to a little more than twice that distance at six hundred yards a moving man Is a mere creeping blur on the landscape and at eight buli hundred dred yards any movements of the arms or legs are no longer visible of course there are arc averages such as the jurist must recognize in weighing the evidence of witnesses and the military leader in noting the position of his antagonist and the outside limit of effective rifle and pistol fire then there are exceptions to these rules hunters seacoast dwellers prairie cattlemen and farmers whose sight by civilized life and trained by constant exercise of long sight right will often nearly hearly double the averages average given so too the clearer air of the tha elevated prairies and table lands certainly doubles the power of the human eye joe jo Ch chappies apples news newa letter |