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Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the mechanism by which the eyes adapted to the vision of objects at different distances' by Benj [Benjamin] Travers

Reference number: AP/8A/18

Date: 1815

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Travers discusses the sensorial connection between the retina and the iris and the mechanical connection between the iris and the crystalline lens in the eye when viewing objects at different distances. Minor corrections and annotations appear in ink.

Subject: Physiology

Communicated by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie. Read to the Royal Society on 12 January 1815.

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AP/8A/18
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1815
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Ink on paper
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42 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Travers

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Benjamin Travers, Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the mechanism by which the eyes adapted to the vision of objects at different distances' by Benj [Benjamin] Travers, 1815, AP/8A/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_18/unpublished-paper-observations-on-the-mechanism-by-which-the-eyes-adapted-to-the-vision-of-objects-at-different-distances-by-benj-benjamin-travers, accessed on 11 November 2025

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