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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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Manuscript

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David Brewster

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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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