Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: HS/4/251
Date: 11 February 1820
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for the extract of his paper. Comments on this and his own discoveries on the polarization of light. His fees for the articles will pay his subscription to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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- HS/4/251
- Earliest possible date
- 11 February 1820
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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David Brewster, Sir David Brewster, Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 11 February 1820, HS/4/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_251/letter-from-david-brewster-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 11 July 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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