(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1837 a. 1838). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1837 - Part II. Pp. 245-252 and 1838 - Part I. Pp. 73-77.
First printing of 2 papers in which Brewster discusses the phenomena of light absorption, Newton's rings and Youngs wave theory of light. Brewster still adhered to the emission theory of Newton.
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