Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Esk Hill by Roslin
Reference number: HS/4/246
Date: 18 September 1819
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding refraction in various crystals and comparison with Newton's tables. Suggests a joint paper on the subject. His parcel has never arrived. Is working on a paper on rotating phenomena.
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- HS/4/246
- Earliest possible date
- 18 September 1819
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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David Brewster, Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Esk Hill by Roslin, 18 September 1819, HS/4/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_246/letter-from-david-brewster-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-esk-hill-by-roslin, accessed on 10 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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David Brewster
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John Frederick William Herschel
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