James David Forbes
James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868) wis a Scots physicist an glaciologist that did extensive wirk on heat conduction and seismology.
Forbes bidit in Edinburgh fur the feck o his life, eddicate at its University an a professor there frae 1833 until he became principal o the United College of St Andrews in 1859.
James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS | |
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| Born | 20 Apryle 1809 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 31 December 1868 (aged 59) Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Naitionality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Awairds | Keith Prize o the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1833-5, 1841–3, 1863–5) Rumford Medal o the Royal Society (1838) Gold Medal of the Royal Society (1843) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Glaciology |
| Institutions | Professor o Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh (1833–60) Principal o the United College, St Andrews (1860–8) |
| Notes Memmer o the Highland Society (1836) Resting place: Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh | |
He inventit the seismometer in 1842.
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- Shairp, John Campbell; Tait, Peter Guthrie; Adams-Reilly, Anthony (1874). Life and Letters of James David Forbes. London: Macmillan and Company.
- Professor Forbes and his Biographers, bi John Tyndall (1873)
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- Warks bi James David Forbes at Open Library
- Pictures and texts of Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain by James David Forbes can be found in the database VIATIMAGES.
- Forbes' seismometer[deid airtin].
- Papers of James David Forbes [deid airtin], University of St Andrews.
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