Paper, 'On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Reference number: PT/8/20
Date: 1814

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32 manuscript pages and one plate with various diagrams of light reflecting off of mother of pearl.
Subject: Physics / Optics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated. By David Brewster, LL.D. F. R. S. Edin and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'.
Read 28 April 1814.
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 1, 1832.
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- 1814
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David Brewster, Paper, 'On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 1814, PT/8/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_8_20/paper-on-new-properties-of-light-exhibited-in-the-optical-phenomena-of-mother-of-pearl-and-other-bodies-to-which-the-superficial-structure-of-that-substance-can-be-communicated-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-right-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 17 February 2025
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On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother-of-pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated. By David Brewster, LL. D . F. R. S. Edin. and F. S. A. Ed. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
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DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0304
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XIX. On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated. By David Brewster, LL.D. F. R. S. Edin and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1814
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0020
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