John Aitken, FRS, FRSE (18 September 1839 – 14 November 1919) was a Scottish meteorologist, physicist and marine engineer. He was one of the founders of cloud physics and aerosol science, who built the first apparatus to measure the number of dust and fog particles in the atmosphere, a koniscope.
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8 September 1839 Falkirk, Scotland
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Died |
14 November 1919 (aged 80) Ardenlea, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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