Paper, 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly those of the hare and the salmon' by Sir D [David] Brewster
Reference number: PT/21/7
Date: 14 November 1835
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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/16/2-3.
Subject: Zoology / Physics
Published in volume 126 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals. Continued from a former paper (Phil. Trans. 1833, p. 332.)' in 1836.
Written by Brewster at Belleville by Kingussie [Scotland]. Received by the Royal Society in December 1835. Read 21 January 1836.
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 3, 1837.
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- PT/21/7
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- 14 November 1835
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- 44 pages
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David Brewster, Paper, 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly those of the hare and the salmon' by Sir D [David] Brewster, 14 November 1835, PT/21/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_21_7/paper-on-the-anatomical-and-optical-structure-of-the-crystalline-lenses-of-animals-particularly-those-of-the-hare-and-the-salmon-by-sir-d-david-brewster, accessed on 16 November 2025
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On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, being the continuation of the paper published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1833 External link, opens in new tab.
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