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"When you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it."; Lecture to the Institution of Civil Engineers, 3 May 1883; ~ Lord Kelvin ~
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Lord Kelvin's achievements were many and diverse. He formulated the dissipation of energy principle that is summarised in the second law of thermodynamics. His knowledge of engineering made it possible to lay the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Todhunter, I. and Pearson, K. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials, from Galilei to Lord Kelvin, 2 vols. New York: Dover, 1960.
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Kelvin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The kelvin (symbol: K ) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theore...
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Lord Kelvin was a British scientist who was born in Belfast, Ireland. He lived from 1824-1907. Lord Kelvin developed a temperature scale that is named after him. ... Lord Kelvin was a British scientist who was born in Belfast, Ireland. He lived from 1824-1907. Lord Kelvin developed a temperature scale that is named after...
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