Biography
A Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_David_Forbes>Wikipedia</a>).
Books by James David Forbes
Norway and its glaciers visite
Norway and its glaciers visited in 1851..
Remarks on the rise and progre
Remarks on the rise and progress of learned societies
Reply to Professor Tyndall's r
Reply to Professor Tyndall's remarks, in his work "On the glaciers of the Alps," relating to Rendu's "Théorie des glaciers."
Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers: With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and ..
A review of the progress of mathematical and physical science in more recent times
A review of the progress of mathematical and physical science in more recent times, and particularly between the years 1775 and 1850
Dissertation sixth
The tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa
Norway and its glaciers
Norway and Its Glaciers, Visited in 1851: followed by journals of excursions in the high alps of ..
The danger of superficial know
The danger of superficial knowledge
Travels through the Alps of Sa
Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine chain
The glacier theory
The glacier theory
On the Mathematical Form of the Gothic Pendent
Notice respecting a vitrified
Notice respecting a vitrified fort at Carradale in Argyleshire [sic]
On the horary oscillations of
On the horary oscillations of the barometer near Edinburgh, deduced from 4410 observations
Testimonials in favour of James D. Forbes ... as a candidate for the chair of Natural Philosophy ... Edinburgh
Memoir on barometric instrumen
Memoir on barometric instruments acting by compression
Observations respecting Profes
Observations respecting Professor Leslie's formula for the decrease of heat in the atmosphere
Description of a new anemomete
Description of a new anemometer
Physical notices of the Bay of
Physical notices of the Bay of Naples
On the defects of the sympieso
On the defects of the sympiesometer, as applied to the measurements of heights