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Referee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'The sensitiveness of the retina to light and colour' by William De Wiveleslie Abney

Reference number: RR/13/163

Date: 24 May 1897

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experimental work is of great importance and many of the results are new. However, the paper is 'blemished by serious faults of style and grammar which are too numerous to catalogue'. References should be added.

Subject: Physics/Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].

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RR/13/163
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24 May 1897
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Shelford Bidwell

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Shelford Bidwell, Referee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'The sensitiveness of the retina to light and colour' by William De Wiveleslie Abney, 24 May 1897, RR/13/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_163/referees-report-by-shelford-bidwell-on-a-paper-the-sensitiveness-of-the-retina-to-light-and-colour-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney, accessed on 19 September 2024

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