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Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Problems of the visual pathway' by Frederick William Lanchester

Reference number: RR/50/35

Date: November 1933

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication. The first part of the paper is intereting but show that the author is unaware of the large amount of literature already published on the subject.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 1 November 1933.

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RR/50/35
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November 1933
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2 pages
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John Herbert Parsons, Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'Problems of the visual pathway' by Frederick William Lanchester, November 1933, RR/50/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_50_35/referees-report-by-john-herbert-parsons-on-a-paper-problems-of-the-visual-pathway-by-frederick-william-lanchester, accessed on 16 January 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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