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Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester

Reference number: RR/51/1

Date: 20 March 1933

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. There is nothing new in the observations, but the attempted explanation is new. 'This is opposed to present-day neurological knowledge and conceptions, and would only raise a laugh, if published'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 March 1934.

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RR/51/1
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20 March 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Samuel Myers

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Charles Samuel Myers, Referee's report by Charles Samuel Myers, on a paper 'On directional fixity and the transitory visual image' by Frederick William Lanchester, 20 March 1933, RR/51/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_1/referees-report-by-charles-samuel-myers-on-a-paper-on-directional-fixity-and-the-transitory-visual-image-by-frederick-william-lanchester, accessed on 13 September 2024

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