| Reference number | PT/7/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On some properties of light' in a letter from David Brewster to Sir H [Humphry] Davy |
| Date | 1812-1813 |
| Description | Includes original letter with manuscript dated 19 December 1812 as well as a follow-up letter commenting on proofs of the paper dated 23 March 1813.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On some properties of light. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin. In a letter to Sir Humphry Davy, F. R. S'.
Written by Brewster at 23 Duke Street in Edinburgh. Read 28 January 1813.
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 1, 1832. |
| Extent | 12p |
| 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.1800.0268 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0016 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |