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William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (/ ˈ r æ ŋ k ɪ n /; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), to the science of thermodynamics , particularly focusing on its First Law.
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 – July 6, 2009) was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. [1] He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran.
William Rankin (20 March 1900 – 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half for Dundee, Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With Dundee he took part in two tours of Spain, [ 3 ] finished on the losing side in the 1925 Scottish Cup Final , [ 4 ] and was selected for the Scottish Football League XI in 1926. [ 5 ]
In the years to follow both Thomson's 1852 and the 1862 papers, Helmholtz and Rankine both credited Thomson with the idea, along with his paradox, but read further into his papers by publishing views stating that Thomson argued that the universe will end in a "heat death" (Helmholtz), which will be the "end of all physical phenomena" (Rankine).
One of the Washington state police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and held facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for ...
Also involved editorially were William John Macquorn Rankine, Francis Bowen, John Eadie, and John Pringle Nichol. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A list of contributors appeared in the first volume, [ 9 ] and a further list in volume II.
William Friend and Bevin Prince. Courtesy Bevin Prince/Instagram Mourning a terrible loss. Bevin Prince is speaking out after the death of her husband, William Friend, following a fatal lightning ...
ALAMO, N.M. (Reuters) - - Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on the Alamo Navajo reservation in southern New Mexico two years ago.