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  2. David Brewster - Wikipedia

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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. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle.

  3. John Watson Laidlay - Wikipedia

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    In 1868 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir David Brewster. [3] He died on 8 March 1885. In his will he left a collection of shells to the British Museum. He is buried with his wife in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies in the north-west section of the original cemetery facing west ...

  4. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Semyon Korsakov (1787–1853), Russian Empire – punched card for information storage; Mikhail Koshkin (1898–1940), Russia – T-34 medium tank, the best and most produced tank of World War II [6] Ognjeslav Kostović (1851–1916), Serbia/Russia – arborite (high-strength plywood, an early plastic)

  5. Edinburgh Encyclopædia - Wikipedia

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    The Edinburgh Encyclopædia is an encyclopaedia in 18 volumes, printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830. In competition with the Edinburgh-published Encyclopædia Britannica , [ 1 ] the Edinburgh Encyclopædia is generally considered to be strongest on scientific topics, where many of the ...

  6. Copley Medal - Wikipedia

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    David Brewster "For his Paper on the Polarization of Light by Reflection from Transparent Bodies" [70] 1816: No Award — — 1817: Henry Kater "For his Experiments on the Pendulum" [71] 1818: Robert Seppings "For his Papers on the construction of Ships of War, printed in the Philosophical Transactions" — 1819: No Award — — 1820: Hans ...

  7. Rumford Medal - Wikipedia

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    The award is named in honour of British scientist Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, who is noted for his works on thermodynamics and for establishing the Royal Institution. The award was created in 1796 after Thompson transferred £ 1,000 to the Royal Society in stocks, instructing the latter to grant the awardee the fund's interest as a ...

  8. Leyden jar - Wikipedia

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    Nollet then gave the electrical storage device the name "Leyden jar" and promoted it as a special type of flask to his market of wealthy men with scientific curiosity. The "Kleistian jar" was therefore promoted as the Leyden jar, and as having been discovered by Pieter van Musschenbroek and his acquaintance Andreas Cunaeus.

  9. Keith Medal - Wikipedia

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    Lord Kelvin's Keith medal in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. The Keith Medal was a prize awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy, for a scientific paper published in the society's scientific journals, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery, either in mathematics or earth sciences.

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