Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
David Brewster
Born: December 11, 1781
Died: February 10, 1868 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir David Brewster was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and university principal.
Known for:
- A treatise on optics (1831)
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