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RefNoPT/73/13/11
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, concentric arches and curvilinear reflections by [David Brewster?]
Date[1830]
DescriptionFigures 4-6, appearing separately in the published text, showing diagrams of concentric arches and curvilinear reflections. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Physics

Published in volume 120 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the phenomena and laws of elliptic polarization, as exhibited in the action of metals upon light' by David Brewster.

Read to the Royal Society on 22 April 1830.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Dimensions227x186mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1830.0023
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0400
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
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