| Reference number | PT/13/21 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the optical and physical properties of tabasheer' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks |
| Date | 2 March 1819 |
| Description | 24 manuscript pages include one plate showing a prism of tabasheer.
Subject: Mineralogy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the optical and physical properties of tabasheer. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S. &c. &c. &c'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 6 May 1819.
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. |
| Extent | 24p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0112 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1819.0021 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/13/21/1 |
| PT/13/21/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |