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    James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology....
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  • James or Jim Forbes may refer to: James Alexander Forbes (1805–1881), British vice-consul to Mexican California and founder of the town of Los Gatos James...
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  • for "odont") as the symbol of dentistry. The anonymous signature of James David Forbes. Determinacy (having a definite truth-value) in philosophical logic...
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    measure, and was coined by David Milne-Home in 1841, to describe an instrument designed by Scottish physicist James David Forbes. Seismograph is another...
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    James David Forbes Calder OBE TD (born 22 February 1968) is a British orthopaedic surgeon specialising in sporting injuries. He has built a reputation...
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    the serac fields. It was on 24 July 1842 that Scottish physicist James David Forbes observed the pattern of light and dark dirt bands on the Mer de Glace...
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  • John Forbes left Florida for Boston in 1769 and married Dorothy Murray on February 2, 1769 in Milton, Massachusetts, where their first son James Grant...
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  • stars Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, Gavin Leatherwood, Nina Bloomgarden, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Reina Hardesty, Devon Terrell, David W. Thompson, and Madison...
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    adopted the wave theory of light. Few would dispute the verdict of James David Forbes, an editor of the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: "His...
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    history under Robert Jameson and natural philosophy under James David Forbes. Under Forbes he was awarded prizes for essays on methods of physical inquiry...
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    son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder B.C. Forbes. He is an adviser at the Forbes School of Business...
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    properties, such as by James David Forbes and James Clerk Maxwell in Maxwell's disc (see color triangle). By rapidly spinning the top, Forbes created the illusion...
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  • 14 November 2013. "James Packer". Forbes Asia. March 2013. "Gina Rinehart Retains Top Spot on Forbes Australia Rich List". Forbes Asia. Singapore. 29...
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    others, particularly James David Forbes. Much of the early scientific work on glacier motion had been done by Forbes, but Forbes at that time did not...
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  • the Pacific Ocean. The river was named by Julius von Haast after James David Forbes, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in...
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    "Lakers' LeBron James now part-owner of Pittsburgh Penguins". LeBron Wire. USA Today. Retrieved February 21, 2023. "LeBron James – Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved...
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    Jane Trefusis Forbes was born in Chile, where her father, the son of James David Forbes, eminent physicist, glaciologist, and principal of the University...
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    their flag upon the summit. Next came the ascent by Louis Agassiz, James David Forbes, Heath, Desor, and Duchatelier in 1841, recounted by Desor in his...
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    Lord Forbes of Pitsligo) 16th 1761–1804: James Forbes (1725–1804, son of James, 15th Lord) (m. Catherine) 17th 1804–1843: James Ochoncar Forbes (1765–1843...
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  • museum director James David Forbes (1809–1868), Scottish physicist and glaciologist John Forbes, (1798-1823), English botanist John J. Forbes (1885–1975)...
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  • Fokker – Netherlands (1887–1972) Arthur Foley – America (1867–1945) James David Forbes – U.K. (1809–1868) Jeff Forshaw – U.K. (born 1968) Léon Foucault –...
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    Clan Forbes is a Highland Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name Forbes is most probably a location name assumed from the lands of Forbes in...
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  • This is a list of the highest-paid athletes in the world as ranked by Forbes magazine. The 2024 list: The 2023 list: The 2022 list: The 2021 list: The...
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    production of one of the first modern seismometers by James David Forbes, first presented in a report by David Milne-Home in 1842. This seismometer was an inverted...
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  • Forbes Asia. 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016. "Australia's 40 Richest: David Hains". Forbes Asia. 2012. 2024 Australia's 50 Richest Net Worth. Forbes. 2024...
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    John Forbes Nash, Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions...
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    Keith Campbell (1954–2012). The seismometer innovations thereof: James David Forbes Metaflex fabric innovations thereof: University of St. Andrews (2010)...
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    elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being James David Forbes. He served as the Society's vice president from 1864 to 1870. In 1868...
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    1831–33: Thomas Graham, on the Law of the Diffusion of Gases 1833–35: James David Forbes, on the Refraction and Polarization of Heat 1835–37: John Scott Russell...
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