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David Brewster
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Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

Also known as: Brewster, Sir David Brewster, Дэвид Брюстер, ديفيد بروستر, 데이비드 브루스터, デイヴィッド・ブルースター

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Known works

  • Brewster and Wheatstone on vision
  • Letters on Natural Magic
  • The life of Sir Isaac Newton
  • Ferguson's lectures on select subjects
  • 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