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Brewster, .SV/- Ditviil. 2. Description of a new 

 Astrometer for finding the rising and .-etting 

 of the Stars and Planets, and their position 

 in the heavens. Nicholson, Journ. XVI., 1807, 

 pp. 320-324. 



3. Description of a circular Mother-of-Pearl 

 Micrometer. Tilloch, Phil. Mag. XXIX., 1807, 

 pp. 48-52. 



4. Remarks on M. BURCKHARDT'S con- 

 trivance for shortening Reflecting Telescopes ; 

 with a new method of making Refracting Tele- 

 scopes with a tube only one-third of the focal 

 lensith of the object-glass. Tilloch. Phil. Mag. 

 XXXIIL, 1809, pp. 290-292. 



5. On the Fibres used in Micrometers ; 



with an account of a method of removing the 

 error arising from the Inflection of Light, by 

 employing hollow fibres of glass. Tilloch, Phil. 

 Mag. XXXIIL, 1809, pp. 383-384. 



6. Demonstration of the fundamental 

 property of the Lever. [1810.] Edinb. Roy. 

 Soc. Trans. VI., 1812, pp. 397-404; Nicholson, 

 Journal, XXX.. 1812. pp. 280-28.5. 



7. On some properties of Light. Phil. 



Trans. 1813, pp. 101-109. 



8. On the affections of Light transmitted 



through crystallized bodies. [1813.] Phil. 

 Trans. 1814', pp. 187-218. 



9. On the Polarization of Light by 



oblique transmission through all bodies, whether 

 crystallized or uncrystallized. Phil. Trans. 

 1814, pp. 219-230. 



1O. On the new properties of Light ex- 

 hibited in the optical phenomena of mother-of- 

 pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial 

 structure of that substance can be communi- 

 cated. Phil. Trans. 1814, pp. 397-418 ; Brug- 

 natelli, Giornale. VIII., 1815, pp. 2.53-262; 

 Journ. de Phys. LXXXI., 181-5, pp. 181-188, 

 471-473 ; Thomson, Ann. Phil. III., 1814, pp. 

 190-196. 



11. Results of some recent experiments on 



the properties impressed upon Light by the 

 action of Glass raised to different temperature.-, 

 and cooled under different circumstances. Phil. 

 Trans. 1814, pp. 436-439. 



12. On the optical properties of sulphuret 



of Carbon, carbonate of Barytes, and nitrate 

 of Potash, with inferences respecting the struc- 

 ture of Doubly Refracting Crystals. [1814.] 

 Edinb. Roy. Soc. Trans. VII., 181,5, pp. 285- 

 302. 



13. On a new species of Coloured 



Fringes produced by the reflection of Light 

 between two plates of glass of equal thickness. 

 Edinb. Roy. Soc. Trans. VII., 1815, pp. 435- 

 444. 



14. Experiences sur la lunm-re. Paris. 



Soc. Philom. Bull. 1815, pp. 44-46. 



Brewster, Sir David. 15. Additional observa- 

 tions on the optical properties and structure of 

 heated n'la.-s and unannoalcd ^lass drops. [1814.] 

 Phil. Trans. 1815, pp. 1-8. 



16. Experiments on the depolarization of 



Light, as exhibited by various mineral, animal, 

 and vegetable bodies, with a reference of the 

 phenomena to the general principles of Polari- 

 zation. [1814.] Phil. Trans. 1815, pp. 29- 

 53. 



17. On the effects of simple pressure in 



producing that species of crystallization which 

 forms two oppositely polarized images, and 

 exhibits the complementary colours by polarized 

 light. Phil. Trans. 1815, pp. 60-64. 



18. On the laws which regulate the 

 Polarization of Light by reflexion from trans- 

 parent bodies. Phil. Trans. 1815, pp. 125- 

 159 ; Schweigger, Journ. XVII., 1816, pp. 135- 

 153. 



19. On the Multiplication of Images, and 



the colours which accompany them in some 

 specimens of Calcareous Spar. Phil. Trans. 



1815, pp. 270-292. 



20. On new properties of heat as exhi- 

 bited in its propagation along glass plates. 

 Phil. Trans. 1816, pp. 46-114. 



21. On the communication of the struc- 

 ture of doubly-refracting crystals to glass, 

 muriate of soda, fluor spar, and other substances 

 by mechanical compression and dilatation. Phil. 

 Trans. 1816, pp. 156-178 ; Journ. de Phys. 

 LXXXI1L, 1816, pp. 80-85, 213-228, 309- 

 330, 389-414. 



22. On the structure, of the crystalline 



lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by 

 its action on polarized light. Phil. Trans. 



1816, pp. 311-317 ; Journ. de Phys. LXXXIV., 



1817, pp. 379-383. 



23. On the effects produced in Astrono- 

 mical and Trigonometrical Observations, &c., 

 by the descent of tHe fluid which lubricates 

 the Cornea. Quart. Journ. Sci. II., 1817, pp. 

 127-131 ; Annal. de Chimie, IV., 1817, pp. 

 24-33. 



24. On the Decomposition of Light by 



simple Reflexion. Quart. Journ. Sci. II., IS 17, 

 p. I'll. 



25. On the connection between the primi- 

 tive forms of Crystals, and the number of their 

 Axes of double refraction. [1S19.] Edinb. 

 Mem. Wern. Soc. III., 1817-20, pp. 50-74; 

 Journ. de Phys. LXXXIX., 1819, pp. 36-50 ; 

 Gilbert, Annal. LXIX., 1821, pp. 1-29. 



26. Sur le mouvement perpctuel. Annal. 

 de Chimie, IX., 1818, pp. 219-220. 



27. Description du Kaleidoscope. Bibl. 

 Univ. VIII., 1818, pp. 155-160. 



