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Paper, 'Affectus prorsus singularis et extraordinariur' [Concerning the pecularity of vision] by Abraham Vater

Reference number: CLP/14ii/25

Date: 24 December 1728

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Vater shares observations regarding the weakening of vision.

Subject: Physiology / Opthalmology / Optics

Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1729

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CLP/14ii/25
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24 December 1728
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Vater

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Abraham Vater, Paper, 'Affectus prorsus singularis et extraordinariur' [Concerning the pecularity of vision] by Abraham Vater, 24 December 1728, CLP/14ii/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_25/paper-affectus-prorsus-singularis-et-extraordinariur-concerning-the-pecularity-of-vision-by-abraham-vater, accessed on 23 June 2025

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