James David Forbes
British geologist
Died when: 59 years 255 days (716 months)Star Sign: Taurus
James David Forbes FRS FRSE FGS (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology.
Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859.
He invented an inverted pendulum seismometer in 1842.
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