John Aitken

Physicist, Academic

1839 – 1919

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Who was John Aitken?

John Aitken FRS FRSE was a Scottish meteorologist, physicist and marine engineer. He was one of the founders of cloud physics and aerosol science, who built the first apparatus to measure the number of dust and fog particles in the atmosphere, a koniscope.

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Born
Sep 8, 1839
Falkirk
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Education
  • University of Glasgow
Died
Nov 14, 1919
Falkirk

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on July 23, 2013

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