Sir David Brewster
1781 – 1868
91 works on record
Biography
Works
More worlds than one
Letters on natural magic
The martyrs of science
On the life-boat, the lightning conductor, and the lighthouse
A treatise on optics
The Edinburgh encyclopædia
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Nouveau manuel de magie naturelle et amusante
Memoirs of the life, writings, and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Letters on natural magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart
The stereoscope; its history, theory, and construction
The stereoscope
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott
More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian
1854
The history of free masonry
1804
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Memoirs of the life, writings and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Optics
A treatise on magnetism
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences
A treatise on new philosophical instruments for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours. By David Brewster
Ferguson's Astronomy, explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles
Elements of geometry and trigonometry translated from the French of A.M. Legendre, by David Brewster
Philosophical instruments and processes depending on their use
Ferguson's Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialling
Letters on natural magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott
On the optical and general properties of tabasheer
Account of comptonite, a new mineral from Vesuvius
Observations on the mean temperature of the globe
Description of a new reflecting microscope
Description of a new reflecting telescope
On the mean temperature of the equator
Observations on the visions of impressions on the retina
On the law of partial polarization of light by reflection
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours
On the principle of illumination for microscopic objects
Farther observations on levyne, a new mineral species
The kalaeidoscope
On some properties of light
Account of an improvement on the nautical eye-tube
Results of the thermometrical observations made at Leith Fort every hour of the day and night during the whole of the years 1824 and 1825
On the action of the second surfaces of transparent plates upon light
On the absorption of polarized light by doubly refracting crystals
On the connexion between the optical structure and chemical composition of minerals
Brewster and Wheatstone on vision
Account of a new monochromatic lamp depending on the combustion of compressed gas
On the construction of polyzonal lenses and mirrors of great magnitude
Reply to Mr. Brooke's observations on the connexion between the optical structure of minerals and their primitive forms
On a new optical and mineralogical structure, exhibited in certain specimens of apophyllite and other minerals
On the optical properties and mechanical condition of amber
On a new cleavage in calcareous spar
Account of the new galvano-magnetic condenser invented by M. Poggendorff
On the existence of a group of moveable crystals of carbonate of lime in a fluid cavity of quartz
Notice respecting a singular structure in the diamond
On the formation of single microscopes from the lenses of fishes, etc
Description of a monochromatic lamp for microscopical and other purposes, &c
Description of withamite, a new mineral species found in Glenco
On the reflection and decomposition of light at the separating surfaces of media of the same and of different refractive powers
On a singular luminous property of wood &c. steeped in solutions of lime and magnesia
Notice respecting Professor Hansteen's chart of the variation and dip of the needle
Description of levyne, a new mineral species
On the natural history and properties of tabasheer, the siliceous concretion in the bamboo
On the refractive power of the two new fluids in minerals
Description of a new double image micrometer for measuring the diameter of minute celestial objects
Account of the native hydrate of magnesia, discovered by Dr. Hibbert in Shetland
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher
Notice respecting a singular optical property of tabasheer
On a new series of periodical colours produced by the grooved surfaces of metallic and transparent bodies
On the phenomena and laws of elliptic polarization
On the phenomena of dichroism, or the absorption of common light by crystallised bodies
Account of a singular experiment depending on the polarization of light by reflexion
On the phosphorescence of minerals
Reply to a note in the Annales de chimie by M. Arago, on the phosphorescence of fluor-spar
Observations relative to the motions of the molecules of bodies
Account of some single microscopes upon a new construction
On the existence of two new fluids in the cavities of minerals, which are immiscible, and possess remarkable physical properties
Observations on the optical structure of lithion-mica
Account of two remarkable rainbows
Notice respecting a method of producing an intense heat from gas for various purposes in the arts
On a new species of double refraction, accompanying a remarkable structure in analcime
Account of meteorological observations made in North America by Dr. Holyoke and Prof. Dewey
Observations on the pyro-electricity of minerals
Observations on the structure and crystalline forms of haytorite
Notice respecting the existence of the new fluid in a large cavity in a specimen of sapphire
On the accomodation [sic] of the eye to different distances
On the production of regular double refraction in the molecules of bodies by simple pressure
Observations on the relation between the optical structure and the chemical composition of the apophyllite and other minerals of the zeolite family
Observations on the diurnal variation of the needle from 1775-1780, at Zwanenburg in Holland
Treatise on the kaleidoscope