| RefNo | AP/63/2 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Is the diameter of the pupil of the eye an equivalent of the lights intensity?' by John Gorham |
| Creator | Gorham; John (fl 1884); British surgeon |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | Gorham proposes to 'enquire whether the human eye is endowed with the power of measuring the varying intensities of lights which are admitted upon the retina.' He presents a series of experimental observations.
Includes one page of diagrams relating to Gorham's pupil photometer, and three tables showing experimental results.
Subject: Physiology
Received 18 November 1884. Read 27 November 1884. Communicated by [Samuel] Wilks.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 37 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The pupil-photometer'. |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1884.0047 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5706 | Wilks; Sir; Samuel (1824 - 1911) | 1824 - 1911 |