Adam Anderson (physicist)
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Adam Anderson (physicist)
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Adam Anderson AM LLD was a Scottish physicist and encyclopedist. He was the rector of Perth Academy from 1811 to 1839, and Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy 1839 to 1846 at St Andrews University. Anderson designed and supervised the construction of Perth Water Works, and supervised the construction of the royal burgh's gasworks. He contributed original papers on the measurement of the heights of mountains by the barometer, the hygrometric state of the atmosphere, the dew point, an
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Scottish physicist
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2022-03-06T12:00:33Z
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