David Brewster
1781 – 1868
57 works on record
Works
The stereoscope
A treatise on the kaleidoscope
A treatise on new philosophical instruments for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours
The martyrs of science
A treatise on optics
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir W. Scott
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart
More worlds than one
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Letters on natural magic
On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar. In a letter addressed to Sir Joseph Banks
On a new species of coloured fringes produced by the reflection of light between two plates of parallel glass of equal thickness
On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies
On the effects of simple pressure in producing that species of crystallization which forms two oppositely polarised images, and exhibits the complementary colours by polarising light. In a letter addressed to Sir Joseph Banks
Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies
Additional observations on the optical properties and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops
On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl
On the affections of light transmitted through crystallized bodies
On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies, whether crystallized or uncrystallized
Results of some recent experiments on the properties impressed upon light by the action of glass raised to different temperatures, and cooled under different circumstances
On the optical properties of sulphuret of carbon, carbonate of barytes, and nitrate of potash
On the compensations of polarized light, with the description of a polarimeter, for measuring degrees of polarization
Mémoire sur les modifications et les perfectionnements apportés au stéréoscope
A popular treatise on magnetism
On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarized light
A treatise on the microscope
Description of a monochromatic lamp for microscopical purposes, &c
On the refractive power of the two new fluids in minerals
La photographie
Manuel d'optique, ou, Traité complet et simplifié de cette science
On the effects of compression and dilatation in altering the polarising structure of doubly refracting crystals
On the action of uncrystallised films upon common and polarised light
The martyrs of science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
On the lines of the solar spectrum
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
On the colours of natural bodies
Observations on the lines of the solar spectrum, and on those produced by the earth's atmosphere, and by the action of nitrous acid gas
Address
Description of a new darkening glass for solar observations
On circular polarisation, as exhibited in the optical structure of the amethyst, with remarks on the distribution of the colouring matter in that mineral
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences
Letters on natural magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart
Life of Sir Isaac Newton
On the laws which regulate the distribution of the polarising force in plates, tubes, and cylinders of glass, that have received the polarising structure
On a new analysis of solar light, indicating three primary colours, forming coincident spectra of equal length
On new properties of heat, as exhibited in its propagation along plates of glass
Das Stereoskop
The kaleidoscope, its history, theory and construction
Optics
Double refraction and polarisation of light
An examination of the letter addressed to Principal Hill, on the case of Mr. Leslie, in a letter to its anonymous author
Method of using the patent kaleidoscope
Ferguson's Astronomy, explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles
Ferguson's lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialing. With notes and an appendix adapted to the present state of the arts and sciences
Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the new Edinburgh encyclopaedia
Ferguson's lectures on select subjects