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

Kelvin, Lord, on Huxley's work in support of Darwinism.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

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

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

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

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