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| − | '''Lord Kelvin''' (1824-1907), who was Irish was born in [[Belfast]] as William Thomson, originally intended to become a [[minister]] of the [[Presbyterian Church]] but decided to become a [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[physics|physicist]] instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the [[absolute temperature scale|absolute scale]] for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) ([[Kelvin]]) is named after him. | + | '''Lord Kelvin''' (1824-1907), who was Irish was born in [[Belfast]] as William Thomson, originally intended to become a [[minister]] of the [[Presbyterian Church]] but decided to become a [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[physics|physicist]] instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the [[absolute temperature scale|absolute scale]] for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) ([[Kelvin]]) is named after him. |
* Throughout his long and distinguished life in science Kelvin never discarded the concept that the [[atom]] is an indivisible unit [http://web.missouri.edu/~hanuscind/8710/Barber1961.pdf] | * Throughout his long and distinguished life in science Kelvin never discarded the concept that the [[atom]] is an indivisible unit [http://web.missouri.edu/~hanuscind/8710/Barber1961.pdf] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, February 19, 2011
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), who was Irish was born in Belfast as William Thomson, originally intended to become a minister of the Presbyterian Church but decided to become a mathematician and physicist instead. He helped with the first successful transatlantic communications cable, and the absolute scale for temperature (where zero is no heat whatsoever) (Kelvin) is named after him.
- Throughout his long and distinguished life in science Kelvin never discarded the concept that the atom is an indivisible unit [1]
Thomson died on 17 Dec. 1907 in Netherhall (near Largs), Ayrshire, Scotland.