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Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA Scot FSSA MICE (11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator.
Sir David Brewster (born December 11, 1781, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland—died February 10, 1868, Allerby, Melrose, Roxburghshire) was a Scottish physicist noted for his experimental work in optics and polarized light— i.e., light in which all waves lie in the same plane.
Jul 10, 2024 · Sir David Brewster was a Scottish physicist who invented the kaleidoscope, made major improvements to the stereoscope, and discovered the polarization phenomenon of light reflected at specific angles.
Mar 16, 2018 · The kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by Scottish scientist, Sir David Brewster (1781–1868), a mathematician and physicist noted for his various contributions to the field of optics.
May 23, 2018 · A leader in the establishment of the Edinburgh School of Arts (1821), the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (1821), and the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1831), Brewster attempted to create organizations, as well as opinions, that would diffuse and promote science and education.
Sir David Brewster, Knight, Principal of the Edinburgh University, died on 10 February 1868 at his home, Allerly. The entry in the statutory register of deaths for Melrose gives the...
Dec 24, 2016 · Brewster was an important expert in physical optics, the discoverer of the law of polarization, biaxial crystals, optical mineralogy, crystallography, and double refraction by compression besides being the inventor of the kaleidoscope and the lenticular stereoscope.
Sir David Brewster was born in Jedburgh, Roxburghsire, Scotland on December 11, 1781. Brewster attended the University of Edinburgh at age 12 for ministry but his interest in science led him to not pursue this profession. He was named a minister of the Church of Scotland but would only preach from the pulpit on one occasion.
Brewster wrote hundreds of papers on optics and designed a famous variation of the stereoscope, the Brewster Stereo-scope. He studied the theory of this instrument and improved the performance by adding refractive lenses to his model.
Sir David Brewster was a Scottish physicist who invented the kaleidoscope, made major improvements to the stereoscope, and discovered the polarization phenomenon of light reflected at specific angles.
