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THE problem of expediting artificially the adaptation of the eye to darkness is of considerable theoretical, and of no less practical importance, as, for example, in the case of night flying under war conditions. It has long been established that the period of adaptation when passing into complete darkness from a brilliantly lighted room is 45–50 minutes, and from a dully lighted room 25–30 minutes.
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KEKCHEYEV, K. Expediting Visual Adaptation to Darkness. Nature 151, 617–618 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151617b0
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