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John Leslie

10 April 1766 - 3 November 1832

A Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat (Wikipedia).

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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions ...

    First published in 1831 14 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition cihm_36351 Cover of edition narrativediscov00goog
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  • Cover of: Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history

    First published in 1851 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Treatises on various subjects of natural and chemical philosophy: with biographical memoir.

    First published in 1838 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An experimental inquiry into the nature and propagation of heat.

    First published in 1804 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: philosophy of arithmetic: exhibiting a progressive view of the theory and practice of calculation, with tables for the multiplication of numbers as far as one thousand.

    First published in 1817 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: short account of experiments and instruments, depending on the relations of air, to heat, and moisture.

    First published in 1813 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history ; and an account of the whale-fishery

    First published in 1840 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cihm_44772
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery

    First published in 1842 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cihm_42420
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery

    First published in 1836 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cihm_42590
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  • Cover of: Rudiments of plane geometry: including geometrical analysis, and plane trigonometry ...

    First published in 1828 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Descobertas e aventuras nos mares e regiões polares

    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Geometrical analysis, and geometry of curve lines: being volume second of a course of mathematics, and designed as an introduction to the study of natural philosophy.

    First published in 1821 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history: and an account of the whale-fisher

    First published in 1850 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery

    First published in 1831 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history; with an account of the whale-fishery

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  • Cover of: Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions: with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history

    First published in 1851 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Remarks for a series of years, on barometrical scales, shewing they are inadequate to predict the weather: the results of these observations exhibited and corrected upon a new and enlarged plan. As also an improvement proposed on the rain gage ...

    First published in 1814 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The polar seas and regions.

    First published in 1855 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions

    First published in 1860 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Elements of geometry and plane trigonometry.: With an appendix, and copious notes and illustrations.

    First published in 1817 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Discovery and exploration, Découverte et exploration, Natural history, Sciences naturelles, Whaling, Climat, Climate, Nord-Ouest, Passage du, Northwest Passage, Heat, Mechanics, Plane Geometry, Plane trigonometry, Radiation and absorption, Achromatism, Analytic Geometry, Arithmetic, Curves, Discoveries in geography, History, Hygrometry, Meteorological instruments, Meteorology, Navigation (Aeronautics), Numeration
Places
Arctic regions, Régions arctiques, Northwest Passage, Passage du Nord-Ouest
People
John Franklin Sir (1786-1847)

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
September 16, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari merge authors
December 26, 2016 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio & Wikipedia link added
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import