William Hopkins[*][[William Hopkins (English mathematician and geologist (1793-1866))|]]
Doctoranzi
Robert Mond[*][[Robert Mond (British chemist and archaeologist)|]]
Cunoscut pentru
Kelvin ampere balance[*][[ampere balance |]] Kelvin–Voigt material[*][[Kelvin–Voigt material (viscoelastic material having the properties both of elasticity and viscosity)|]] Kelvin Water Dropper[*][[Kelvin Water Dropper (type of electrostatic generator)|]] Automatic curb sender[*][[Automatic curb sender |]] Kelvin probe force microscope[*][[Kelvin probe force microscope (a noncontact variant of atomic force microscopy)|]] Kelvin–Varley divider[*][[Kelvin–Varley divider (electronic circuit used to divide voltages)|]]
Născut la Belfast (26 iunie 1824), William era fiul lui James Thomson, profesor de matematică și inginerie la Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[18]
Pe lângă teoria temperaturii absolute pentru care a devenit faimos, Kelvin a formulat și alte idei precum calcularea vechimii Pământului, care la mijlocul anilor 1800 era o problemă foarte dezbătută și controversată;
Dan Petre Geană, Termodinamică chimică. Teoria echilibrului chimic și de faze, Editura Politehnica Press, 2003
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