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Bidwell writes: 'The earliest recorded observation which I have been able to find of a certain curious phenomenon associated with optical after-images is that of Professor C. A. Young, who published a note on the subject in the year 1872, and proposed that the phenomena should be called “recurrent vision.”'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three diagrams of experimental apparatus and spectra.

Subject: Optics / Physiology

Received 27 March 1894. Read 7 June 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 56 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the recurrent images following visual impressions'.

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PP/24/11
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1894
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript
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Shelford Bidwell

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Shelford Bidwell, Paper, 'On the recurrent images following visual impressions' by Shelford Bidwell, 1894, PP/24/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_24_11/paper-on-the-recurrent-images-following-visual-impressions-by-shelford-bidwell, accessed on 13 October 2024

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