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Letter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at Allerly by Melrose

Reference number: HS/4/261

Date: 6 December 1828

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for paper on light, which he has only just read as it was mislaid. Grateful for the acknowledgement of his scientific labors. Comments and queries regarding the paper in the light of his own experiments. Wishes to reprint parts of it so would be grateful for several plates.

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HS/4/261
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6 December 1828
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7 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 Allerly by Melrose, 6 December 1828, HS/4/261, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_261/letter-from-david-brewster-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-allerly-by-melrose, accessed on 10 July 2026

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