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Page 107
... response curve for a single receptor of Limulus retina . The maximum response will occur at 5200 A , the absorptional maximum of the retinal pigment . With wavelengths of light corresponding to the points A and B , the responses will be ...
... response curve for a single receptor of Limulus retina . The maximum response will occur at 5200 A , the absorptional maximum of the retinal pigment . With wavelengths of light corresponding to the points A and B , the responses will be ...
Page 108
... response , the fibre respond- impulse ing to all wavelengths and giving a maximum response in the yellow - green at 5600 angstroms . Other fibres gave re- sponses only over limited ranges of wavelengths , and their wavelengths of ...
... response , the fibre respond- impulse ing to all wavelengths and giving a maximum response in the yellow - green at 5600 angstroms . Other fibres gave re- sponses only over limited ranges of wavelengths , and their wavelengths of ...
Page 116
... response and consists usually in an increase in the background discharge occurring in darkness . If a spot of light falls on a ring of retina surrounding this central region , the effect is one of inhibition of the back- ground while ...
... response and consists usually in an increase in the background discharge occurring in darkness . If a spot of light falls on a ring of retina surrounding this central region , the effect is one of inhibition of the back- ground while ...
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would become the principal reserve asset while gold | 36 |
Excretion the elimination of the waste products of | 50 |
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