Properties (49)
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gptkb:physicist
mathematician |
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gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
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| gptkbp:awardedBy |
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Royal_Society_Copley_Medal Order of Merit |
| gptkbp:hasBirthDate |
June 26, 1824
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| gptkbp:hasChild |
gptkb:Lady_Thomson
gptkb:Sir_George_Thomson |
| gptkbp:hasContribution |
thermodynamic temperature scale
the concept of entropy theory of heat development of the telegraph the development of the first transatlantic telegraph cable the development of the concept of thermal equilibrium electrical units the concept of absolute zero the development of the concept of heat capacity the development of the concept of heat engines the development of the concept of specific heat the development of the theory of electromagnetism the establishment of the field of cryogenics the establishment of the field of energy transfer. the establishment of the field of fluid dynamics the establishment of the field of heat transfer the establishment of the field of kinetic theory the formulation of the laws of thermodynamics the establishment of the field of thermoelectricity the establishment of the field of energy conservation the development of the concept of thermal conductivity the development of the concept of thermal expansion the establishment of the field of statistical mechanics the establishment of the field of thermodynamics in engineering the development of the concept of work in thermodynamics the development of the concept of thermal radiation the_establishment_of_the_Kelvin_scale_of_temperature the_Joule-Thomson_effect the_Kelvin_temperature_scale the_Thomson_effect |
| gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse |
electrical engineering
thermodynamics |
| gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn |
engineering
mathematics modern physics |
| gptkbp:hasPriorityDate |
December 17, 1907
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Sir William Thomson
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
gptkb:Kelvin_scale
contributions to the second law of thermodynamics Thomson's_theorem |