David Brewster
1781 - 1868
- Born
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11 December 1781
Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- Died
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10 February 1868
Allerby, Melrose
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 04/05/1815
- Fields of Interest
- Optics
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished letter, 'On a new property of light possessed by the second surfaces of transparent bodies' from David Brewster to Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: David Brewster Reference number: AP/8A/4 -
Unpublished paper, 'Abstract of experiments on light' by David Brewster
Creator: David Brewster Reference number: AP/9/5 -
Paper, 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/10/21 -
Paper, 'On the properties of heat as exhibited in its propogation along plates of glass' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/10/4 -
Paper, 'On the laws of polarisation and double refraction in regularly crystallised bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/12/13
