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Formal principal of the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. A researcher in optics, he discovered many phenomena related to crystal optics and polarisation. He is the inventor of the kaleidoscope.
Former principal of the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. A researcher in optics, he discovered many phenomena related to crystal optics and polarisation. He is the inventor of the kaleidoscope.
Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish physicist and natural philosopher.

Former principal of the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. A researcher in optics, he discovered many phenomena related to crystal optics and polarisation. He is the inventor of the kaleidoscope.

See also Brewster's angle.

Links: [Biography].
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