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James David Forbes. Lithograph by W. H. Townsend.

Testimonials in favour of James D. Forbes ... as a candidate for the chair of Natural Philosophy ... Edinburgh / [James D. Forbes].

Life and letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL. D., late principal of the United college in the University of St. Andrews ... / by John Campbell Shairp ... Peter Guthrie Tait ... and A. Adams-Reilly.

James David Forbes : pioneer Scottish glaciologist / Frank F. Cunningham.

Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.

[James David Forbes correspondence].

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Forbes, James David, 1809-1868

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[James David Forbes correspondence].

Testimonials in favour of James D. Forbes ... as a candidate for the chair of Natural Philosophy ... Edinburgh / [James D. Forbes].

Mont Blanc: a flat boulder raised on a pinnacle of ice. Colour lithograph by Louis Haghe after J.D. Forbes.