Paper, 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal and vegetable bodies, and a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks

David Brewster, Paper, 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal and vegetable bodies, and a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 22 October 1814, PT/9/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_9_3/paper-experiments-on-the-depolarisation-of-light-as-exhibited-by-various-mineral-animal-and-vegetable-bodies-and-a-reference-of-the-phenomena-to-the-general-principles-of-polarisation-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-rt-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 14 December 2025

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