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David Brewster

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Born 1781
Died 1868

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  • Cover of: A Treatise on optics

    First published in 1831 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the affections of light transmitted through crystallized bodies: in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy

    First published in 1814 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A treatise on optics

    First published in 1835 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letters on natural magic

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  • Cover of: The life of Sir Isaac Newton

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  • Cover of: Results of some recent experiments on the properties impressed upon light by the action of glass raised to different temperatures, and cooled under different circumstances

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  • Cover of: On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies, whether crystallized or uncrystallized

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  • Cover of: On the optical properties of sulphuret of carbon, carbonate of barytes, and nitrate of potash: with inferences respecting the structure of doubly refracting crystals

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  • Cover of: On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar. In a letter addressed to Sir Joseph Banks

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  • Cover of: On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies

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  • Cover of: On the effects of simple pressure in producing that species of crystallization which forms two oppositely polarised images, and exhibits the complementary colours by polarising light. In a letter addressed to Sir Joseph Banks

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  • Cover of: 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

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  • Cover of: On a new species of coloured fringes produced by the reflection of light between two plates of parallel glass of equal thickness

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  • Cover of: Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies: with a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation

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  • Cover of: Additional observations on the optical properties and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops

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  • Cover of: Double refraction and polarisation of light

    First published in 1829 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart

    First published in 1834 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A treatise on the kaleidoscope

    First published in 1819 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The martyrs of science: the lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

    First published in 1856 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Born 1781
Died 1868
Subjects
Polarization (Light), Optics, Kaleidoscopes, Scientific recreations, Stereoscope, Optical instruments, Optical properties, Color, Glass, History, Microscopes, Microscopy, Solar Spectrum, Spectrum analysis, Astronomy, Experiments, Light, Photography, Refraction, Außerirdisches Leben, Biography, Crystal optics, Crystalline lens, Crystals, Determinative Mineralogy
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Great Britain, biography
People
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Andrew Thomson (1779-1831)

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