Unpublished paper, 'On recrossed vision - being the description of a distinct tribe of ocular phenomena, supplementary to a rationale of the laws of cerebral vision' by John Fearn
Reference number: AP/15/4
Date: 08 September 1830
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Fearn describes the phenomenon of recrossed vision, where an object placed between the eyes at close range is viewed as being on the left by the right eye and on the right by the left eye. Fearn explores the brain's role in the practical function of the eyes and perception. Includes one separate page of illustrations.
Subject: Physiology
Communicated by John Grover. Read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1831.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On recrossed vision; being the description of a distinct tribe of ocular phenomena, supplementary to a rationale of the laws of cerebral vision, recently published'.
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- AP/15/4
- Earliest possible date
- 08 September 1830
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, 'On recrossed vision - being the description of a distinct tribe of ocular phenomena, supplementary to a rationale of the laws of cerebral vision' by John Fearn, 08 September 1830, AP/15/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_15_4/unpublished-paper-on-recrossed-vision-being-the-description-of-a-distinct-tribe-of-ocular-phenomena-supplementary-to-a-rationale-of-the-laws-of-cerebral-vision-by-john-fearn, accessed on 10 August 2026
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On recrossed vision; being the description of a distinct tribe of ocular phenomena, supplementary to a rationale of the laws of cerebral vision, recently published External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1837
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0037
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Archived papers: volume 15, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1832
1830-1832 Reference number: AP/15
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