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Unpublished paper, 'A new theory of colour blindness and colour perception' by F W [Frederick William] Edridge-Green

Reference number: AP/66/22

Date: 1890

Description

Edridge-Green shares observations on colour blindness and colour perception.

Includes two pages of spectrum diagrams.

Subject: Physiology / Ophthalmology

Received 28 January 1890. Read 6 February 1890. Communicated by Thomas Lauder Brunton.

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AP/66/22
Earliest possible date
1890
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
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Manuscript
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Frederick William Edridge-Green

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Frederick William Edridge-Green, Unpublished paper, 'A new theory of colour blindness and colour perception' by F W [Frederick William] Edridge-Green, 1890, AP/66/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_66_22/unpublished-paper-a-new-theory-of-colour-blindness-and-colour-perception-by-f-w-frederick-william-edridge-green, accessed on 10 October 2024

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