William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. He did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He is widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. Wikipedia
Also known as:
Lord Kelvin
Born:
June 26, 1824
Died:
December 17, 1907
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  • Kelvin's U.K. Patents,...

    Kelvin's U.K. Patents, 18541907 T he following lists contains the 70 patents for which William Thomson successfully filed an application.
    www.physics.gla.ac.uk/Physics3/Kelvin_online/Patents.htm

  • The Kelvin Society of Glasgow

    Archives Directions & Map
    www.physics.gla.ac.uk/Physics3/Kelvin_online/Kelvin_socie...

  • Kelvin Is Lord!

    ... and Entropy Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) - Secular biography of His Earthly Incarnation The Lord Kelvin In The Media Kelvinian Cinema Lord Kelvin vs Jackie Chan in "Around the World in ...
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  • William Thomson: king of...

    William Thomson - better known as Lord Kelvin was one of the pioneers of modern physics, developing what we now know as thermodynamics.
    physicsweb.org/articles/world/15/12/6

  • Wikipedia

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  • Lord Kelvin Online

    ...Model , Chemsite The Joule-Thomson Effect , Wright State University Marine Technology , Bergius Company, Glasgow Kelvin and Marconi , Marconicalling Kelvin's Glasgow , ...
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  • Kelvin-Image and Reality....

    An online exhibit of the life of Lord Kelvin, by Matthew Trainer, History of Physics, Physics and Astronomy. Text by leading historians and many illustrations and quotes show Kelvin's scientific contributions, social and cultural concerns, and impact
    www.physics.gla.ac.uk/Physics3/Kelvin_online/exhibit.html

Quotes by William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin See more quotes

  • "It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency to derive a mechanical effect from a portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest surrounding bodies.""
  • "We have the sober scientific certainty that the heavens and earth shall 'wax old as doth a garment."
  • "When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery"
  • "Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably never effected by means of organized matter, either endowed with vegetable life, or subjected to the will"
  • "No cyclic process is possible whose sole result is a flow of heat from a single reservoir and the performance of equivalent work."

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