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Reference numberRR/13/163
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Shelford Bidwell, on a paper 'The sensitiveness of the retina to light and colour' by William De Wiveleslie Abney
Date24 May 1897
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The experimental work is of great importance and many of the results are new. However, the paper is 'blemished by serious faults of style and grammar which are too numerous to catalogue'. References should be added.

Subject: Physics/Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1897].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1897.0018
Related records in the catalogueRR/13/164
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6772Bidwell; Shelford (1848 - 1909)1848 - 1909
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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