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Apr 10, 1766 Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 03 Nov 1832 (aged 66)
British mathematician and physicist
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About John Leslie Physicist
- 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.
- He showed that radiation was greatest from the black side and negligible from the polished side.
- The apparatus is known as a Leslie cube.
