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Paper, 'On the action of crystallised surfaces upon light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: PT/13/13

Date: 12 November 1818

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the action of crystallized surfaces upon light. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond, and Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S. &c. &c. &c'.

Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 25 February 1819.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/13/13
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12 November 1818
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David Brewster, Paper, 'On the action of crystallised surfaces upon light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 12 November 1818, PT/13/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_13_13/paper-on-the-action-of-crystallised-surfaces-upon-light-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-rt-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 14 September 2026

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