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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Reference number
RR/2/219
Earliest possible date
23 March 1854
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'An enquiry into some of the circumstances and principles which regulate the production of pictures on the retina of the human eye, with their measure of endurance, their colours and changes' by William Scoresby, 23 March 1854, RR/2/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_219/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-an-enquiry-into-some-of-the-circumstances-and-principles-which-regulate-the-production-of-pictures-on-the-retina-of-the-human-eye-with-their-measure-of-endurance-their-colours-and-changes-by-william-scoresby, accessed on 17 February 2025

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