Paper, 'On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Reference number: PT/9/9
Date: 11 February 1815
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46 manuscript pages and one plate showing diagrams of reflected light rays.
Subject: Optics / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 16 March 1815.
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/9/9
- Earliest possible date
- 11 February 1815
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 47 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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David Brewster, Paper, 'On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 11 February 1815, PT/9/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_9_9/paper-on-the-laws-which-regulate-the-polarisation-of-light-by-reflexion-from-transparent-bodies-by-david-brewster-in-a-letter-to-the-right-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 05 March 2026
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On the laws which regular the polarization of light by reflection from transparent bodies. 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.
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1815
October 1812 - June 1815 Reference number: PT/9
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