James David Forbes

20 April 1809 – 31 December 1868

A Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology (Wikipedia).

• 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
• Dissertation sixth
• Norway and its glaciers
• Occasional papers on the theory of glaciers
• On the Mathematical Form of the Gothic Pendent
• Testimonials in favour of James D. Forbes ... as a candidate for the chair of Natural Philosophy ... Edinburgh
• The tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa
• Travels through the Alps
• Description of a new anemometer
• Memoir on barometric instruments acting by compression