Alexander Bryce (minister)

Alexander Bryce (1713–1786) was a Church of Scotland minister, mathematician, astronomer, scientist and poet who was Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III from 1770 to 1786.

He was a polymath and a friend of Robert Wallace and Colin Maclaurin.

In 1772 he explained the principles of creating an altimeter ultimately put into use to create the instruments.

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