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1781-12-11
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gptkb:Jedburgh,_Scotland
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gptkb:Melrose_Abbey
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gptkb:David_Edward_Brewster
gptkb:Henry_Craigie_Brewster
gptkb:Margaret_Maria_Gordon
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1868-02-10
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gptkb:Melrose,_Scotland
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gptkb:Edinburgh_Encyclopaedia
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gptkb:optics
physics
science writing
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Sir David Brewster
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gptkb:Isaac_Newton
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1831
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gptkb:kaleidoscope
polarization of light
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Scottish
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Sir David Brewster by Richard Lane.jpg
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gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
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gptkb:A_Treatise_on_Optics
gptkb:Letters_on_Natural_Magic
gptkb:The_Life_of_Sir_Isaac_Newton
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gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews
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David Brewster signature.svg
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gptkb:Jane_Kirk_Purnell
gptkb:Juliet_Macpherson
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Sir
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