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RefNoPT/12/13/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, figures 1-6 showing concentric circles of polarised light and refraction through crystals by unknown artist
Date[1817]
DescriptionPlate XV containing figures 1-6 that show diagrams of concentric circles of polarised light and polarised light refracted through various crystals.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the laws of polarisation and double refraction in regularly crystallized bodies. 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'.

Written by Brewster in Denlaw. Read 15 January 1818.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite diagrams on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0083
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1818.0015
RelatedRecordPT/12/13
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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