John Leslie
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Born | 10 Apryle 1766 Lairgae, Fife |
Dee'd | 3 November 1832 | (aged 66)
Naitionality | Scots |
Kent for | Studies o heat Leslie cube |
Awairds | Rumford Medal (1804) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics Physics |
Influences | David Hume[1] |
Sir John Leslie, FRSE KH (10 Apryle 1766 – 3 November 1832) wis a Scots mathematician an physicist best remembered for his resairch intae heat.[2]
References
- ↑ The Reception of David Hume In Europe, eeditit bi Peter Jones, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005, p. 333.
- ↑
. Dictionary o Naitional Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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