biography
pronunciation:
[glaysher]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1809–1903)
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| biography:
| Meteorologist, born in London, UK. He joined the Ordnance Survey in 1829, and later became chief meteorologist at Greenwich. He made a large number of balloon ascents, once reaching a height of over 11 km/7 mi to study the higher strata of the atmosphere. He compiled dew-point tables and wrote on several scientific subjects. |
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