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Kelvin, Lord (1824–1907) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6 ed.)
...Kelvin, Lord ( 1824–1907 ) The British mathematician , physicist , and engineer , William Thomson, who made contributions to mathematics in the theories of electricity and magnetism and hydrodynamics and first identified Stokes’ Theorem...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry (8 ed.)
..., Lord ( William Thomson ; 1824–1907 ) British physicist , born in Belfast , who became professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow University in 1846 . He carried out important experimental work on electromagnetism, inventing the mirror galvanometer and contributing to the development of telegraphy. He also worked with James Prescott Joule on the Joule–Thomson (or Joule–Kelvin) effect . His main theoretical work was in thermodynamics , in which he stressed the importance of the conservation of energy. He also introduced the concept of absolute...
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A Dictionary of Physics (8 ed.)
...Kelvin, Lord ( William Thomson ; 1824–1907 ) British physicist , born in Belfast, who became professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow University in 1846 . He carried out important experimental and theoretical work on electromagnetism, inventing the mirror galvanometer , contributing to the development of telegraphy, and pioneering theoretical work by expressing electricity and magnetism in terms of fields. He also worked with James Joule on the Joule–Thomson effect . His main theoretical work was in thermodynamics , in which he stressed the importance...
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A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering
...Kelvin, Lord ( 1824–1907 ) A Belfast-born Scottish scientist William Thomson, later 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, who was the son of a gifted teacher. Both he and his brother James matriculated to Glasgow University aged 10 and 12, respectively. William Thomson was elected to the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow in 1845 aged 22 and held the position for 53 years. His most important work was on thermodynamics, but he is most widely known for his studies of electricity applied to submarine technology. He was knighted in 1866 and made a baron in...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy (3 ed.)
..., Lord ( William Thomson ) ( 1824–1907 ) Scottish physicist , born in Ireland. He originated the thermodynamic temperature scale, and considered the consequences of energy dissipation in the Universe. Kelvin made one of the first scientific attempts at estimating the Earth’s age, based on known cooling rates of materials, although his result (20–400 million years) was far too low. He also calculated the solar constant...
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Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...0Lord Lord Kelvin 1824 – 1907 British scientist When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science , whatever the matter may be. often quoted as ‘If you cannot measure it, then it is not science’ Popular Lectures and Addresses vol. 1 (1889) ‘Electrical Units of...
Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...0Lord Lord Kelvin 1824 – 1907 British physicist and natural philosopher When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science , whatever the matter may be. often quoted as ‘If you cannot measure it, then it is not science’ Popular Lectures and Addresses vol. 1...
Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin) (1824–1907) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
...and manufacture of scientific, navigational, and electrical instruments. In 1892 , he became the first British scientist to be made a peer, and took the title Kelvin from the tributary of the River Clyde that flowed close to the University. See also Standardization ; Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics . Crosbie Smith and M. Norton Wise , Energy and Empire. A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin (1989). Crosbie Smith , The Science of Energy. A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain (1998). Crosbie...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable
..., Lord ( William Thomson , 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs ) ( 1824–1907 ). Scientist and inventor . He was born William Thomson in Belfast on 26 June 1824 , the son of the head of mathematics in Inst . His father was appointed professor of mathematics at Glasgow University in 1832 , and two years later his gifted son matriculated. He went to Cambridge at 16 and was elected a fellow of Peterhouse in 1846 when he was 22. (He was twice a fellow of Peterhouse: 1846–52 and 1872–1907 .) In the same year, 1846 , he was appointed to the chair of...
Kelvin, Sir William Thomson, Lord (1824–1907) Reference library
The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors (2 ed.)
..., Sir William Thomson, Lord ( 1824–1907 ) British theoretical and experimental physicist . The name Kelvin is applied to instruments and concepts devised by Lord Kelvin; the name Thomson is usually preferred in connection with certain effects. Joule–Kelvin coefficient, effect Use Joule–Thomson coefficient, effect (en dash). * kelvin Kelvin balance Kelvin bridge (or double bridge ) Kelvin contacts Kelvin effect Elec. eng. Kelvin effect Thermoelectricity Use Thomson effect. Kelvin temperature scale Now called thermodynamic temperature scale....
Thomson, Sir William, Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) Reference library
The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors (2 ed.)
...Sir William, Lord Kelvin ( 1824–1907 ) British theoretical and experimental physicist . The name Thomson is usually used in preference to *Kelvin in the following: Joule–Thomson coefficient (en dash) Thermodynamics Symbol: μ (Greek mu) Joule–Thomson effect (en dash) Thermodynamics Thomson effect ...
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