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Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Ocular spectres, structures and functions, mutual exponents' by James Jago

Reference number: RR/3/150

Date: 15 September 1858

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Referee is 'scarcely capable of giving a reliable judgement', as he hasn't reviewed any papers of this subject in recent years.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1856].

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RR/3/150
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15 September 1858
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Charles Wheatstone, Referee's report by Charles Wheatstone, on a paper 'Ocular spectres, structures and functions, mutual exponents' by James Jago, 15 September 1858, RR/3/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_150/referees-report-by-charles-wheatstone-on-a-paper-ocular-spectres-structures-and-functions-mutual-exponents-by-james-jago, accessed on 17 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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