Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
67 letters mainly of Sir David Brewster to James Veitch of Inchbonny.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13080
Dates:
1797-1832.
Correspondence including letters of Sir David Brewster, Francis Jeffrey and Hugh Walpole.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7369
Dates:
1832-1945 and undated.
Letter of Sir David Brewster.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11965
Scope and Contents
Discusses the validity of René Prudent Dagion`s patent concerning the development of microscopic photography.
Dates:
1862.
Letter of Sir David Brewster probably to Russell Gurney.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10644
Scope and Contents
Concerns the "lighthouse controversy".
Dates:
1867
Letter of Sir David Brewster to Alexis Bouvard.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8227
Scope and Contents
Concerning scientific and literary matters.
Dates:
1828.
Letter of Sir David Brewster to Davies Gilbert discussing his "Life of Newton" and his own work on optics.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12404
Dates:
1831.
Letter of Sir David Brewster to Thomas Cadell, the Younger.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11678
Scope and Contents
Concerns projected works on the lives of James Watt and Galileo, and histories of the steam engine and the telecope.
Dates:
1831.
Letters to and concerning the Rev Dr David Aitken, Minister of Minto, with testimonials in his favour.
File
Identifier: Acc.13035
Scope and Contents
Writers of testmonials include Thomas Chalmers and Sir David Brewster.
Dates:
1827-1867.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of David Brewster., 1813-1868.
File
Identifier: MS.40146
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1813-1864, of David Brewster to John Murray II and John Murray III, with a few letters to Robert Cooke, with related letters and papers dating to 1868. They concern several of Brewster’s publications, including “The life of Sir Isaac Newton”, “Letters on natural magic”, his work on “The Edinburgh encyclopaedia”, and his proposals for journals of philosophy and science. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1813-1814: folios 1-18;1816: folios 19-24;...
Dates:
1813-1868.
Nine letters of Sir David Brewster, six to Thomas Cadell.
File
Identifier: Acc.8615
Scope and Contents
With drafts of Cadell`s replies.
Dates:
1827-1833, 1865.
Two letters of Sir David Brewster.
File
Identifier: Acc.10440
Scope and Contents
One concerns the salmon and Tweedside affairs, the other Brewster`s curriculum vitae.
Dates:
1832-1865.
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