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John Leslie

1766 - 1832

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Sir John Leslie, FRSE KH (10 April 1766 – 3 November 1832) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat. Leslie gave the first modern account of capillary action in 1802 and froze water using an air-pump in 1810, the first artificial production of ice. In 1804, he experimented with radiant heat using a cubical vessel filled with boiling water. One side of the cube is composed of highly polished metal, two of dull metal (copper) and one side painted black. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Leslie is the 524th most popular physicist (down from 488th in 2019), the 2,678th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,155th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Physicist.

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Among physicists, John Leslie ranks 524 out of 851. Before him are Edoardo Amaldi, Konstantin Novoselov, Yuri Orlov, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, David J. Griffiths, and Ole Worm. After him are Vagn Walfrid Ekman, George Volkoff, Paul Davies, Giovanni Poleni, Fabiola Gianotti, and Heinz von Foerster.

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Among people born in 1766, John Leslie ranks 29. Before him are Robert Darwin, Alexander Wilson, Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Joseph Weigl, and Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases. After him are Samuel Wilson, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Jacob Perkins, William Townsend Aiton, and Benjamin Smith Barton. Among people deceased in 1832, John Leslie ranks 31. Before him are Manuel García, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Ghazi Muhammad, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, and Casimir Pierre Périer. After him are Henri Cassini, Kaʻahumanu, Antonio Scarpa, Karl Rudolphi, Andrew Bell, and Wilhelm Bendz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Leslie ranks 2,679 out of 8,785. Before him are John Aston Sr. (1921), Arthur Hughes (1832), Snowy White (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), John Machin (1680), and Hilton Valentine (1943). After him are Philip Kerr (1956), Ivor Richard (1932), Jackie Oliver (1942), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gardner (1821), and Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Leslie ranks 57. Before him are John Dollond (1706), John Canton (1718), John Houghton (1931), Alfred Ewing (1855), Frederick Guthrie (1833), and G. M. B. Dobson (1889). After him are Paul Davies (1946), William Robert Grove (1811), Joseph Larmor (1857), Gilbert Walker (1868), John Robison (1739), and William Astbury (1898).

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