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:''For others similarly named, see the John Aitken navigation page'' John Aitken, FRS, FRSE (1839–1919) 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.〔Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Second Edition, Seinfeld and Pandis, 2006.〕〔(Encyclopædia Britannica )〕 ==Biography== Aitken was born in Falkirk on 18 September 1839, the son of Henry Aitken of Darroch, a Falkirk lawyer. He was educated at Falkirk Grammar School and studied marine engineering at Glasgow University, undertaking his engineer training with Messrs Napier & Sons, the Glasgow shipbuilder. He settled at Falkirk, where he carried out his various experiments. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889 and was awarded the Royal Medal in 1917. He also received the Keith Medal (1886) and Gunning Prize (1897) from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In April 1902 he received an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from the University of Glasgow. The Royal Society of Edinburgh awarded him the Keith Medal 1883-5.〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 He died at Ardenlea in Falkirk 13 November 1919. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Aitken (meteorologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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