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Lord Kelvin

(1824—1907) mathematician and physicist

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Thomson, William

Thomson, William (1824–1907)   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History

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2007
Subject:
History, Military History
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870 words

Baron Kelvin of Largs, mathematician and electrical engineer. William Thomson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where his

Thomson, William

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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)

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2007
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History, Social sciences
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first Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), Scottish physicist, who had a profound influence as a synthesizer on 19th-century physics, and helped lay the foundations for this discipline ... More
Thomson, William

Thomson, William (1824–1907)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to the Earth

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2003
Subject:
Science and technology, Earth Sciences and Geography
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313 words

(1824–1907)

William Thomson became the foremost British physicist of his day, and made important contributions to Earth science.

Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron

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World Encyclopedia

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2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
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65 words

b. Belfast, after whom the absolute scale of temperature is named; this starts at absolute zero and degree intervals

Kelvin, William Thomson

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A Dictionary of Scientists

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2003
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(1824–1907) British theoretical and experimental physicist Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, William Thomson was an extremely precocious child intellectually and matriculated at ... More

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