John Leslie, Scottish natural philosopher and physicist, 19th century. Leslie (1766-1832) invented a number of scientific instruments and in 1810 created artificial ice. He was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh in 1805 and of Natural Philosophy in 1819. Leslie was knighted in 1832. After a drawing by Benjamin William Crombie (1803-1847).
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