Record

RefNoAP/8A/4
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, 'On a new property of light possessed by the second surfaces of transparent bodies' from David Brewster to Sir Joseph Banks
Date9 January 1815
DescriptionBrewster describes a discovery he made during his experiments on light that is reflected from the second surfaces of transparent bodies, finding that this reflected light is polar. He explains this property in detail and includes experimental results.

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 23 January 1815.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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