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John Leslie (ur. 10 kwietnia 1766 w Largo, Fife, Szkocja, zm. 3 listopada 1832 w Coates) – szkocki fizyk i matematyk.
- In 1802 Leslie’s explanation of capillary action was the first that is consistent with present-day theory. Two years later he published An Experimental Inquiry into the Nature and Propagation of Heat. In 1810 he froze water by using an air pump. Elected to the chair of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh in 1805, he was transferred to the chair of natural philosophy in 1819 and was knighted in 1832., Coates), Scottish physicist and mathematician who first created artificial ice[1].
- The Works of Sir John Leslie (1766-1832) Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh, 1805-1819; Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1819-1832[2]
- Sir John Lesli, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University oin Edinburgh (Obituary 1833)[3]
- Publikacje (books.google)[4]