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Excerpt from Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 2: From 1800 to 1830 Inclusive
Additional Observations on the Optical Properties and Structure of heated Glass and unannealed glass Drops. By David Brewster, LL.D. F.r.s. Edin. And p.s.a. Edin. Description of a new Instrument for performing mechanically the In volution and Evolution of Numbers. By Peter M. Roget, M.D. Experiments on the Depolarization of Light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable Bodies, with a Reference of the Phe nomena to the general Principles of Polarization. By David Brewster. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
