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Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'The photosensitivity of visual purple solutions and the scotopic sensitivity of the eye in the ultra-violet' by Charles Frederick Goodeve, Richard James Lythgoe and E E Schneider

Reference number: RR/68/72

Date: 1941

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Sectional Committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The physiology is an important contribution, but does not feel qualified to criticise the mathematics.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies unlikely.

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

No received date.

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RR/68/72
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1941
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2 pages
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John Herbert Parsons, Referee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'The photosensitivity of visual purple solutions and the scotopic sensitivity of the eye in the ultra-violet' by Charles Frederick Goodeve, Richard James Lythgoe and E E Schneider, 1941, RR/68/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_72/referees-report-by-john-herbert-parsons-on-a-paper-the-photosensitivity-of-visual-purple-solutions-and-the-scotopic-sensitivity-of-the-eye-in-the-ultra-violet-by-charles-frederick-goodeve-richard-james-lythgoe-and-e-e-schneider, accessed on 14 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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