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Reference numberRR/68/261
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by John Herbert Parsons, on a paper 'The spectral sensitivity of the fovea and extrafovea in the Purkinje range' by H V Walters and W D Wright
Date[1942]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies that the paper contains valueable information onvision at low light levels, but that this is not sufficiently new or precise as to delay publication.

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

No received date.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type E)
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspb.1943.0011 Vol.131 1943
Related records in the catalogueRR/68/262
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA694Parsons; Sir; John Herbert (1868 - 1957); ophthalmologist and physiologist1868 - 1957
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