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2. Notice respecting recent Discoveries on the Adjustment of the Eye to Distinct Vision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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The question as to the arrangement by means of which the eye is adapted for distinct vision at different distances has for two centuries strongly attracted the attention of physiologists. The numerous hypotheses, and untenable theories which have been advanced on this subject are all, however, more or less unsatisfactory.

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Proceedings 1854-55
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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