Kelvin : life, labours and legacy /

Lord Kelvin was one of the greatest physicists of the Victorian era. Widely known for the development of the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, Kelvin's interests ranged across thermodynamics, the age of the Earth, the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, not to mention inve...

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Other Authors:	Flood, Raymond (Editor), McCartney, Mark, 1967- (Editor), Whitaker, Andrew, 1946- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907. Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907 Physicists > Great Britain. Physics > History > 19th century. Physiciens > Grande-Bretagne. Physique > Histoire > 19e siècle. SCIENCE > Physics > General. SCIENCE > Mechanics > General. SCIENCE > Energy. Physicists Physics Great Britain Natuurkundigen. Thermodynamica. 1800-1899 Electronic books. History
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