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  2. Lord Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907 [7]) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer.

  3. William Thomson, Baron Kelvin | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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    William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (born June 26, 1824, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland]—died December 17, 1907, Netherhall, near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland) was a Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation.

  4. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin - New World Encyclopedia

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS FRSE (June 26, 1824 – December 17, 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement.

  5. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - Encyclopedia.com

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    William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. 1824-1907. British Physicist. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, conducted important work in the areas of thermodynamics and electrical theory. Strongly influenced by the more mathematical French style of physics, Kelvin's own work was heavily mathematical and was influential in encouraging other British physicists to ...

  6. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - Westminster Abbey

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    Scientist, Mathematician, Physicist and Engineer. William (Thomson), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, physicist, mathematician, engineer and inventor, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 26th June 1824 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  7. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - Magnet Academy - National MagLab

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    Scottish-Irish physicist William Thomson, better known as Lord Kelvin, was one of the most eminent scientists of the 19th century and is best known today for inventing the international system of absolute temperature that bears his name.

  8. William Thomson Baron Kelvin | Encyclopedia.com

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    William Thomson, known to history as Lord Kelvin, was granted the first scientific peerage by Queen Victoria in 1892 for his unique consulting work that made possible the installation of the transatlantic cable linking the telegraph systems of America and England.

  9. The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs

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    The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824–1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature.

  10. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) - Physics Book - gatech.edu

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    William Thomson was knighted in 1866 by Queen Victoria as Lord Kelvin for laying the first submarine cable. He died at the age of 88 in Scotland and is buried in Wesminster Abbey, next to Sir Isaac Newton.

  11. William Thomson (1824–1907), known all over the world as Lord Kelvin, was not only an outstanding scientist but also an ingenious inventor, holder of numerous patents and a successful businessman.

  12. Bicentenary of Lord Kelvin - IEC

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    William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (born June 26, 1824, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland]—died December 17, 1907, Netherhall, near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland) Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist who profoundly influenced the scientific thought of his generation.

  13. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) - Famous Physicists

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (or Lord Kelvin) was a British physicist who was knighted by Queen Victoria for his work as the electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic cable in 1866.

  14. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin 1824–1907 - Hodder Education...

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    William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, was born in Belfast, moving to Glasgow when his father was appointed professor of mathematics at the university in 1833. Thomson was a bright student, winning prizes for classics studies as well as science and mathematics.

  15. Kelvin, Lord (William Thomson) | Encyclopedia.com

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    KELVIN, LORD (WILLIAM THOMSON) (1824–1907), British scientist. The fourth child of James and Margaret Thomson, William Thomson was born in Belfast. His mathematician father taught at the Belfast Academical Institution, well known for its political and religious radicalism.

  16. Lord Kelvin: how the 19th century scientist combined research and...

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    This year marks the bicentenary of the birth of William Thomson, aka Lord Kelvin, arguably the most influential scientist of the 19th century, and perhaps beyond. He was a master at...

  17. On December 17, 1907, Irish physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, passed away. Thomson did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Absolute temperatures are stated in units of kelvin in his honour.

  18. Scientist of the Day - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin - The Linda...

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    Scientist of the Day - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. June 26, 2019. William Thomson, a British physicist, was born June 26, 1824. Thomson was one of the pioneers in the new field of thermodynamics in the late 1840s, helped formulate the second law of thermodynamics in the 1850s (the one that says entropy is always increasing, so the universe is ...

  19. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) 1824–1907 - Tate

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer. Born in Belfast, he was the professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, where he undertook significant research and mathematical analysis of electricity, was instrumental in the ...

  20. Victorian Friends: The Correspondence Between Sir ... - Science |...

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    Victorian Friends: The Correspondence Between Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs. David B. Wilson, Ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1990. Two volumes, boxed. lxxx, 783 pp., illus. $195.

  21. William Thomson – Wikipédia

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    William Thomson. Sir [1] William Thomson (* 26. jún 1824, Belfast – † 17. december 1907, Netherhall pri Largse, Škótsko) , známy skôr pod svojim šľachtickým menom Lord Kelvin of Largs bol škótsko-írsky fyzik a vynálezca.

  22. A History of Palomar Observatory - Caltech Astro Outreach

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    In fact, he was responsible for building the largest telescope in the world four times: the 40-inch refractor at Yerkes in 1897; the 60-reflector on Mt. Wilson in 1908; and the 100-inch Hooker reflector on Mt. Wilson in 1917. [3] The Rockefeller Foundation grant.

  23. Las Unidades de temperatura ~ LA LIBRETA DE QUÍMICA - Blogger

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    - Kelvin (sistema internacional): se representa por la letra K y no lleva ningún símbolo "º" de grado. Fue creada por William Thomson, sobre la base de grados Celsius, estableciendo así el punto cero en el cero absoluto (-273,15 ºC) y conservando la misma dimensión para los grados.

  24. Lord Kelvin - Wikiwand

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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast.

  25. Los Angeles: History of Mt. Wilson, Part 1 - oldradio.com

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    The mountain peak that loomed above Wilson's ranch held plentiful forests of sugar pine and cedar, so he had been told. The year was 1864. To get that timber, Wilson was to build the first modern trail up the peak that now bears his name.