11 Facts About James Glaisher

James Glaisher FRS was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer.

In 1845, James Glaisher published his dew point tables for the measurement of humidity.

James Glaisher was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1849.

James Glaisher was a founding member of the Meteorological Society and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain.

James Glaisher was president of the Royal Meteorological Society from 1867 to 1868.

Between 1862 and 1866, usually with Henry Tracey Coxwell as his co-pilot, James Glaisher made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at the greatest altitudes attainable at that time.

James Glaisher lost consciousness during the ascent and Coxwell lost all sensation in his hands.

James Glaisher lived at 20 Dartmouth Hill, Blackheath, London, where there is a blue plaque in his memory.

In 1871, James Glaisher arranged for the publication of his book about the balloon flights, Travels in the Air, a collection of reports from his experiments.

James Glaisher was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1895.

James Glaisher died in Croydon, Surrey in 1903, aged 93.