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Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Esk Hill by Roslin

Reference number: HS/4/248

Date: 5 November 1819

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received his papers on hyposulfurous acid and Mother of Pearl. Comments regarding latter. Agreement necessary on nomenclature for light. His own and J. B. Biot's experiments on light. Would John Frederick William Herschel read his paper of 1818 and comment on it.

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HS/4/248
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5 November 1819
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3 pages
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David Brewster, Sir David Brewster, Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Esk Hill by Roslin, 5 November 1819, HS/4/248, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_248/letter-from-david-brewster-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-esk-hill-by-roslin, accessed on 08 February 2026

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