James David Forbes
James David Forbes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 | |
James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868)[1] 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.
He inventit the seismometer in 1842.[2]
Select furthsettins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Travels through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers. 1843.[3]
- Norway and its Glaciers. 1853.
- A Tour of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. 1855.
- Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers. 1859.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Burke, John G. (1970–80). "Forbes, James David". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
- ↑ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (Julie 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index (PDF). I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 24 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Review of Travels through the Alps of Savoy, and other Parts of the Pennine Chain; with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers by James D. Forbes". The Quarterly Review. 74: 39–70. Juin 1844.
Forder readins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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)
Fremmit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce] |
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae James David Forbes. |
 |
Wikiquote haes quotations relatit tae: James David Forbes |
- 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.
This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |HIDE_PARAMETER15=, |HIDE_PARAMETER13=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14c=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14=, |HIDE_PARAMETER9=, |HIDE_PARAMETER3=, |HIDE_PARAMETER1=, |HIDE_PARAMETER4=, |HIDE_PARAMETER2=, |HIDE_PARAMETER8=, |HIDE_PARAMETER20=, |HIDE_PARAMETER5=, |HIDE_PARAMETER7=, |HIDE_PARAMETER10=, |separator=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14b=, |HIDE_PARAMETER6=, |HIDE_PARAMETER11=, and |HIDE_PARAMETER12= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Open Library ID different frae Wikidata
- Airticles wi Open Library airtins
- CS1 errors: empty unkent parameters
- 1809 births
- 1868 daiths
- Fowk frae Edinburgh
- Alumni o the Varsity o Edinburgh
- Academics
- Fellaes o the Ryal Society o Edinburgh
- Scots physicists
- Scots inventors
- Fellaes o the Ryal Society
- Glaciologists
- Ryal Medal winners
- 19t-century Scots fowk
- Geologists
- Seismologists
- Scots Christians