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Prof. Dr.
James David
Forbes
Professor für Physik
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University of Edinburgh
Research Focus
Wärmeleitung; Seismologie und Glaziologie.
Further Information
Nachruf James David Forbes (Sitzungsberichte 1869, I, Franz Ritter von Kobell)
Link (GND) to the German National Library
