| Reference number | PT/9/18 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks |
| Date | 1 May 1815 |
| Description | 31 manuscript pages and one plate showing the refraction of light rays through calcareous spar.
Subject: Physics / Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 8 June 1815.
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 | 32p |
| 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.1815.0019 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1815.0019 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/9/18/1 |
| PT/9/18/2 |
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 |