| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Life; Labours; Legacy; Index |
| Summary |
Lord Kelvin was one of the greatest physicists of the Victorian era. Widely known for the development of the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, Kelvin's interests ranged across thermodynamics, the age of the Earth, the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, not to mention inventions such as an improved maritime compass and a sounding device which allowed depths to be taken both quickly and while the ship was moving. He was an academic engaged in fundamentalresearch, while also working with industry and technological advances. He corresponded and collaborated with other eminen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907.
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| SUBJECT |
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 fast |
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Physicists -- Great Britain
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Physics -- History -- 19th century
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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Physicists
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Physics
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Natuurkundigen.
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Thermodynamica.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flood, Raymond, editor
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McCartney, Mark, 1967- editor.
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Whitaker, Andrew, 1946- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191528248 |
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0191528242 |
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9780191710803 |
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0191710806 |
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