James David Forbes
1809 - 1868
- Born
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20 April 1809
Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
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31 December 1868
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 09/06/1832
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
Author of
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Paper, 'Remarks on the Rev H [Henry] Moseley's theory of the descent of glaciers' by James D [David] Forbes
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: AP/36/13 -
Printed letter, from James David Forbes to Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, dated at Edinburgh
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: HS/7/300 -
Letter, additions to paper titled 'Note relative to the supposed origin of the deficient rays in the solar spectrum; being an account of an experiment made at Edinburgh during the annular eclipse of 15th May 1836' from James David Forbes to J G [John George] Children
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: PT/22/4 -
Paper, 'On the viscous theory of glacier motion. Part I. Containing experiments on the flow of plastic bodies, and observations on the phenomena of lava streams' by James D [David] Forbes
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: PT/30/11 -
Paper, 'On the viscous theory of glacier motion, Part II. An attempt to establish by observation the plasticity of glacier ice' by James D [David] Forbes
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: PT/30/12 -
Paper, 'Illustrations of the viscous theory of glaciers, Part III' by James D [David] Forbes
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: PT/30/13
Referee of
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Referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'Nouveau faits à ajouter à la theorie de la chaleuret à celle de l'evaporation' by Pavet
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: RR/1/174 -
Referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the use of the barometric thermometer for the determination relative heights' by James Robert Christie
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: RR/1bis/15 -
Referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the diurnal temperature of the Earth’s surface, and the discussion of a simple formula for ascertaining the same' by S M Drach
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: RR/1bis/19 -
Second referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the diurnal temperature of the Earth’s surface, and the discussion of a simple formula for ascertaining the same' by S M Drach
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: RR/1bis/21 -
Referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the descent of glaciers' by Reverad Henry Moseley
Creator: James David Forbes Reference number: RR/2/163
Recipient of
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Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/304 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Edinburgh
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/306 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/7/312 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Slough
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/110 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Slough
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/124 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Slough
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/129