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FACT OF THE DAY DAVID BREWSTER


FACT OF THE DAY

On this day in 1781 David Brewster was born in the Borders town of Jedburgh. Brewster made his first telescope at the age of ten and enrolled in Edinburgh University when he was 12. His most popular invention, however, was the kaleidoscope. He was knighted in 1832. Read more about great inventors and their inventions here



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