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Combination of Photoreceptor Responses in the Photopic Luminosity Characteristic

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    C. E. M. HANSEL

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HANSEL, C. Combination of Photoreceptor Responses in the Photopic Luminosity Characteristic. Nature 179, 1290–1291 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791290a0

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