| RefNo | PT/8/13 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies whether crystallised or uncrystallised' by David Brewster in a letter to Taylor Combe |
| Date | 24 November 1813 |
| Description | 13 manuscript pages and one plate showing several ways to set up glass plates to conduct experiments on light and refraction.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies, whether crystallized or uncrystallized. By David Brewster, LL.D. F. R. S. Edin. and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to Taylor Combe, Esq. Sec. R. S'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 27 January 1814.
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 | 14p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0298 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0013 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/8/13/1 |
| PT/8/13/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |
| NA3167 | Combe; Taylor (1774 - 1826) | 1774 - 1826 |