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Sir David Brewster

1781 - 1868

Sir David Brewster, (born December 11, 1781, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland—died February 10, 1868, Allerby, Melrose, Roxburghshire), Scottish physicist noted for his experimental work in optics and polarized light
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"Sir David Brewster." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/79065/Sir-David-Brewster (accessed 08/28/2014) 
A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences with Experiments on Light and Colours
On the Compensations of Polarized Light, with the Description of a Polarimeter, for Measuring Degrees of Polarization
A Treatise on Optics
Jurors' Reports: International Exhibition, 1862: Philosophical Instruments and Processes Depending on their Use
Plates Illustrating a New Edition of Ferguson's Lectures

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