See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• JAMES GLAISHER (1809-1903)

GLAISHER (1809-1903)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English meteorologist and aeronaut, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1809 . After serving for a few years on the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

Ordnance Survey of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, he acted as an assistant at the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge and See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich observatories successively, and when the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology and See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism was formed at the latter, he was entrusted with its superintendence,which he continued to exercise for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-four years, until his retirement from the public service . In 1845 he published his well-known See also:

• DEW

dew-point tables, which have gone through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . In 183o he established the Meteorological Society, acting as its secretary for many years, and in 1866 he assisted in the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the Aeronautical Society of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . He was appointed a member of the royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on, the warming and See also:

• VENTILATION (Lat. ventilare, from ventus, wind)

ventilation of dwellings in 1875, and for twelve years from 188o acted as chairman of the executive See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine Exploration Fund . But his name is best known in connexion with the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• BALLOON

balloon ascents which he made between 1862 and 1866, mostly in See also:

• COMPANY

company with See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Tracey See also:

• COXWELL, HENRY TRACEY (1819–1900)

Coxwell . Many of these ascents were arranged by a committee of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association, of which he was a member, and were strictly scientific in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, the See also:

• OBJECT

object being to carry out observations on the temperature, humidity, &c., of the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere at high elevations . In one of them, that which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• WOLVERHAMPTON
• WOLVERHAMPTON, HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER

Wolverhampton on the 5th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1862, See also:

• GLAISHER, JAMES (1809-1903)

Glaisher and his See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion attained the greatest height that had been reached by a balloon carrying passengers . As. no automatically recording See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments were available, and Glaisher was unable to read the See also:

• BAROMETER (from Gr. (3apoc, pressure, and µETpov, measure)

barometer at the highest point owing to loss of consciousness, the precise See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude can never be known, but it is estimated at about 7 M. from the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . He died on the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1903 at See also:

• CROYDON

Croydon .