Author:James Glaisher

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James Glaisher
(1809–1903)

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English meteorologist, translator and aeronaut; father of James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "J. Gl."

Works

Hygrometrical Tables adapted to the Use of the Dry- and Wet-Bulb Thermometer (1847)
Travels in the Air (1871) with Camille Flammarion, Wilfrid de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (transcription project)
Factor table for the fourth million etc. (1879)
Factor table for the fifth million etc. (1880)
Factor table for the sixth million etc. (1883)

Translations

World of Comets by Amédée Guillemin (1877)
The Atmosphere by Camille Flammarion (1874)

Works about Glaisher

"Glaisher, James," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
"Sketch of James Glaisher, F.R.S." in Popular Science Monthly, 36 (February 1890)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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