British physicist and engineer (1824–1908)

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Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Colour lithograph by Sir L. Ward [Spy], 1897.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1876.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), physicist. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph by W. & D. Downey.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph by William Fullerton.

British Association for the Advancement of Science: speakers at its meeting in Cambridge in 1904. Coloured drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1904.

Energy and empire : a biographical study of Lord Kelvin / Crosbie Smith and M. Norton Wise.

Lord Kelvin as professor in the Old College of Glasgow / by David Murray.

Kelvin and Stokes : a comparative study in Victorian physics / David B. Wilson.

Wranglers and physicists : studies on Cambridge physics in the nineteenth century / edited by P.M. Harman.

Sir Isaac Newtonʼs Principia / reprinted for Sir William Thomson ... and Hugh Blackburn.

Popular lectures and addresses / by William Thomson.

Minutes of evidence and appendices. Vol. 2, Evidence received in 1902-3, together with appendices 16 to 32, and index (Being part 2 of the Final report of the Commission) / Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning arising from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink.

Remarks on the dentition of British pulmonifera / by William Thomson.

Final report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poisoning from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink. Pt. 1, Final report.

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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

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Works

Popular lectures and addresses / by William Thomson.

Minutes of evidence and appendices. Vol. 2, Evidence received in 1902-3, together with appendices 16 to 32, and index (Being part 2 of the Final report of the Commission) / Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning arising from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink.

Remarks on the dentition of British pulmonifera / by William Thomson.

Popular lectures and addresses / by William Thomson.

Final report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poisoning from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink. Pt. 1, Final report.

Frequent collaborators

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Images by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Images featuring William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

Works

Popular lectures and addresses / by William Thomson.

Minutes of evidence and appendices. Vol. 2, Evidence received in 1902-3, together with appendices 16 to 32, and index (Being part 2 of the Final report of the Commission) / Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning arising from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink.

Remarks on the dentition of British pulmonifera / by William Thomson.

Popular lectures and addresses / by William Thomson.

Final report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poisoning from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink. Pt. 1, Final report.

Frequent collaborators

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