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Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/4/250

Date: 9 December 1819

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for letters. Regarding printing of his papers. Would like to propose him Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Biot's law. Much obliged for his opinion respecting E. L. Malus. Thanks for crystal of carbonate of lime. Comments on this.

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HS/4/250
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9 December 1819
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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David Brewster

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Sir David Brewster

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David Brewster, Sir David Brewster, Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 9 December 1819, HS/4/250, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_250/letter-from-david-brewster-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 11 February 2026

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