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Paper, 'Observations on some phenomena of vision' by Alexander P Wilson

Reference number: L&P/11/80

Date: 1798

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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Read 6 December 1798

Reference number
L&P/11/80
Earliest possible date
1798
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
30 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alexander Philip Wilson Philip

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Alexander Philip Wilson Philip, Paper, 'Observations on some phenomena of vision' by Alexander P Wilson, 1798, L&P/11/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_80/paper-observations-on-some-phenomena-of-vision-by-alexander-p-wilson, accessed on 12 May 2026

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