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Reference numberMM/10/174
LevelItem
Title'General Results of Experiments on the Polarisation of Light', by David Brewster
Date30 November 1829
DescriptionWith accompaning note, "To remain in the Royal Society till Dr Brewster's Papers on the subject to which it refers are subjected to the Council".
Extent5 sides
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Administrative historyReceived by the Royal Society, 3rd December 1829. Placed in the Iron Chest of the Royal Society, December 10th 1829. Signed: Davies Gilbert, PM Roget, Edward Sabine
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
NA8707Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839)1767-1839
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
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