James Glaisher FRS (1809-1903) astronomer, meteorologist and pioneer of weather forecasting: 'A Venturesome Victorian'

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-347

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