Paper, 'Additional observations on the optical properties, and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Reference number: PT/9/1
Date: 08 April 1814
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16 manuscript pages and one plate showing three unannealed drops of glass.
Subject: Optics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Additional observations on the optical properties and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops. 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'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 10 November 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 2, 1833.
- Reference number
- PT/9/1
- Earliest possible date
- 08 April 1814
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 17 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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David Brewster, Paper, 'Additional observations on the optical properties, and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 08 April 1814, PT/9/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_9_1/paper-additional-observations-on-the-optical-properties-and-structure-of-heated-glass-and-unannealed-glass-drops-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-right-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 09 July 2025
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Additional observations on the optical properties and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops. 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 1833
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I. Additional observations on the optical properties and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops. 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 1815
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1815.0002
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1815
October 1812 - June 1815 Reference number: PT/9
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