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Scottish physicist and glaciologist (1809–1868)
Also known as: James Forbes, Джеймс Дэвид Форбс, جيمس ديفيد فوربس, ジェームス・デイビット・フォーブス, 詹姆斯·大卫·福布斯, Форбс, Джеймс Дэвид
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- Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine chain
- A review of the progress of mathematical and physical science in more recent times
- A review of the progress of mathematical and physical science in more recent times, and particularly between the years 1775 and 1850
- Memoir on barometric instruments acting by compression
- On the horary oscillations of the barometer near Edinburgh, deduced from 4410 observations