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Brewster, David, 1781-1868

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  • Sir David Brewster. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Sir David Brewster. Reproduction of chalk drawing by R. Lehmann, 1857.
  • Contributors to Frazer's Magazine, sitting around a dining table, talking, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by D. Maclise [A. Croquis], 1835.
  • Sir David Brewster. Engraving by D. J. Pound after J. Watkins.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
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    Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir W. Scott / [Sir David Brewster].

    Brewster, David, 1781-1868 | Date: 1833
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    A treatise on new philosophical instruments for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours / By David Brewster.

    Brewster, David, 1781-1868. | Date: 1813
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    A treatise on optics / by Sir David Brewster.

    Brewster, David, 1781-1868. | Date: [1850?]
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    A treatise on optics / by David Brewster.

    Brewster, David, 1781-1868. | Date: 1831
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    The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher / by Sir David Brewster.

    Brewster, David, 1781-1868. | Date: [1900?]
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