Nature

Lord Kelvin

IN NATURE for September 7, 1876, there was published, with the engraved portrait by Jeans, in the series of “Scientific Worthies,” an account of Lord Kelvin, then Sir William Thomson, and of the ...
Nature

Portraits berühmter Naturforscher

THE forty-eight portraits which, with short biographical sketches, make up this album, represent well-known men of science of the past and the present. With one or two exceptions, the plates are ...
The New York Times

LORD KELVIN DEAD, YEARS A SUFFERER; Famous Scientist at 83 Succumbs to a Chill of a Fortnight Ago. WORKED TILL FINAL DAYS Became a Student When Too Old for a Professorship ...

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Physics World

In praise of Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin — who died 100 years ago today — was a successful inventor, a wealthy businessman and perhaps the most important physicist of the 19th century. David Saxon explains how Kelvin played key ...