Lord Kelvin

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
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gptkb:peer
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1824-06-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:William_Thomson
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:deathDate 1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Largs
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Kelvin's_circulation_theorem
gptkb:Kelvin's_law
gptkb:Kelvin's_minimum_energy_theorem
gptkb:Kelvin's_ship_wave_pattern
gptkb:Kelvin's_statement_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics
gptkb:Kelvin's_vortex_atom
gptkb:Kelvin's_water_dropper
gptkb:Kelvin–Helmholtz_instability
gptkb:Kelvin_bridge
gptkb:Kelvin_equation
gptkb:Kelvin_transform
gptkb:Kelvin_wave
gptkb:kelvin_(unit)
Kelvin's solution
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
physics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming
gptkb:Oliver_Heaviside
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Kelvin_scale
gptkb:second_law_of_thermodynamics
absolute temperature scale
telegraph
thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dynamical_Theory_of_Heat
gptkb:Mathematical_and_Physical_Papers
On an Absolute Thermometric Scale
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:signature William Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy
gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peterhouse
gptkb:RSE_Lord_Kelvin_Medal
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
gptkb:Smith's_Prize
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