Si William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (Hunyo 26, 1824 – Desyembre 17, 1907), o (sa huri kan saiyang buhay) Lord Kelvin, iyo an Briton na matematiko, matematikal na physicist asin enhinyero namundag sa Belfast.
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The Right Honourable The Lord Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS FRSE |
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Kelvin, c. 1900, by T. & R. Annan & Sons, |
President of the Royal Society |
Termino 1 December 1890 – 30 November 1895 |
Suminunod ki |
Sir George Stokes |
Sinundan ni |
The Lord Lister |
Personal na mga detalye |
Kamundagan |
(1824-06-26)26 Hunyo 1824 Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Kagadanan |
17 Desyembre 1907(1907-12-17) (edad 83) Largs, Scotland |
Nasyunalidad |
British[1][2] |
Partido politikal |
Liberal (1865–1886) Liberal Unionist (from 1886) |
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Mga aki |
None[4] |
Lagda |
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Alma mater | - Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- Glasgow University
- Peterhouse, Cambridge
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Midbid bilang | List
- Joule–Thomson effect
- Joule-Thomson ideal gas coefficient
- Voigt–Thomson law
- Thomson effect (thermoelectric)
- Thomson relations
- Kelvin balance
- Kelvin's balls
- Kelvin cat's eye pattern
- Kelvin coupling
- Kelvin's mirror galvanometer
- Kelvin material
- Kelvin water dropper
- Kelvin wave
- Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
- Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism
- Kelvin-Helmholtz luminosity
- Kelvin-Planck statement
- Kelvin's heat death paradox
- Kelvin–Helmholtz time scale
- Kelvin's minimum energy theorem
- Kelvin conjecture
- Kelvin structure
- Kelvin foam
- Kelvin functions
- Kelvin transform
- Kelvin's circulation theorem
- Kelvin–Stokes theorem
- Kelvin bridge
- Kelvin sensing
- Kelvin equation
- Kelvin-Varley divider
- Kelvin wake pattern
- Kelvin angle
- Zero Kelvin
- Kelvin probe force microscope
- Kelvin scanning probe
- Automatic curb sender
- Cable theory
- Dark night sky paradox
- Earth's age paradox
- Depth sounding
- Dissipation
- Gyrostat
- Law of squares
- First law of thermodynamics
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Entropy
- Heat death of the universe
- Magnetic vector potential
- Magnetoresistance
- Maxwell's demon
- Piezoresistive effect
- Siphon recorder
- Stationary phase approximation
- Dark matter
- Tide-predicting machine
- Vortex theory of the atom
- Coining the term chirality
- Coining the term thermodynamics[5]
- Coining the term kinetic energy
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Mga gawad | - First Smith's Prize (1845)
- Royal Medal (1856)
- Keith Medal (1864)
- Matteucci Medal (1876)
- Albert Medal (1879)
- Copley Medal (1883)
- John Fritz Medal (1905)
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Karera sa siyensya |
Institusyon | University of Glasgow |
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Academic advisors | William Hopkins |
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Bantog na estudyante | - Lord Rayleigh[6]
- William Edward Ayrton
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Impluwensiya | - Sadi Carnot
- Rudolf Clausius
- Julius von Mayer
- James Joule
- Humphry Davy
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Naimpluwensiyahan | Andrew Gray |
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It is believed the "PNP" in his signature stands for "Professor of Natural Philosophy". Kelvin also wrote under the pseudonym "P. Q. R." |
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