Kelvin, Lord

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1. A British physicist of the nineteenth century. He was one of the founders of the modern science of thermodynamics. His full name was William Thompson, Lord Kelvin. (See Kelvin scale.)

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Example Sentences

Lord Kelvin, Lord Bryce and William James were among its distinguished lecturers, Woodrow Wilson and Philosopher Josiah Royce among those who worked for its Ph.D.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the course of the controversy three presidents of the Royal Society, Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister and Sir W. Huggins, expressed the opinion that the proposed exemption was not beneficial to science students.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Kelvin, Lord, experiment on effects of pressure on ice, 268-270.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

Kapteyn, 716 Kelvin, Lord, 720, 711 Kerner von Marilaun, 266, 267 Keteleer, 618 Knight, 390, 719, 720 Koch, 433, 667 Koelreuter, 279 Korshinsky, 609, 612, 614, 617, 667 Krelage, 510, 619 Kuhn & Co.,

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

Jerusalem Chamber, 52, 80 Kelvin, Lord, 9 f.

From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Pearce, Ernest Harold