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Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'On seeing with closed eyes' by A H [Alexander Howard] Pirie

Reference number: RR/46/64

Date: 04 October 1932

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of Branders, Dorn, Hinstadt and Nagel. The author does not provide enough evidence.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 4 October 1932.

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RR/46/64
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04 October 1932
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Herbert Parsons, Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'On seeing with closed eyes' by A H [Alexander Howard] Pirie, 04 October 1932, RR/46/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_64/referees-report-by-john-herbert-parsons-on-a-paper-on-seeing-with-closed-eyes-by-a-h-alexander-howard-pirie, accessed on 08 February 2026

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