Paper, 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Reference number: PT/10/21
Date: 20 May 1816
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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/5/13.
Subject: Zoology / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 20 June 1816.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
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- 20 May 1816
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- 10 pages
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David Brewster, Paper, 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 20 May 1816, PT/10/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_10_21/paper-on-the-structure-of-the-crystalline-lens-in-fishes-and-quadrupeds-as-ascertained-by-its-action-on-polarised-light-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-rt-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 18 July 2025
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On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarized light. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
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XXI. On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a Letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1816
November 1815 - December 1816 Reference number: PT/10
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