Lord Kelvin

About this eBook

Author

Gray, Andrew, 1847-1925

Title

Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work

Credits

Produced by Laura Wisewell, Turgut Dincer, Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (The original copy of this book was generously made available for scanning by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39373

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39373

Release Date

April 4, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LORD KELVIN — ANDREW GRAY — PREFACE — CONTENTS — CORRIGENDUM — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — LORD KELVIN — CHAPTER I — PARENTAGE AND EARLY EDUCATION — CHAPTER II — CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. FIRST SCIENTIFIC PAPERS — CHAPTER III — UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. SCIENTIFIC WORK AS UNDERGRADUATE — CHAPTER IV — THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY IN EQUILIBRIUM. ELECTRIC IMAGES. ELECTRIC INVERSION — CHAPTER V — THE CHAIR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AT GLASGOW. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST PHYSICAL LABORATORY — CHAPTER VI — FRIENDSHIP WITH STOKES AND JOULE. EARLY WORK AT GLASGOW — CHAPTER VII — THE "ACCOUNT OF CARNOT'S THEORY OF THE MOTIVE POWER OF HEAT"—TRANSITION TO THE DYNAMICAL THEORY OF HEAT — CHAPTER VIII — THERMODYNAMICS AND ABSOLUTE THERMOMETRY — Comparison of Absolute Scale with Scale of Air Thermometer — Dissipation of Energy — Thermoelasticity and Thermoelectricity — CHAPTER IX — HYDRODYNAMICS—DYNAMICAL THEOREM OF MINIMUM ENERGY—VORTEX MOTION — CHAPTER X — THE ENERGY THEORY OF ELECTROLYSIS—ELECTRICAL UNITS—ELECTRICAL OSCILLATIONS — Electrolysis and Electrical Units — Electrical Oscillations — CHAPTER XI — THOMSON AND TAIT'S 'NATURAL PHILOSOPHY'—GYROSTATIC ACTION—'ELECTROSTATICS AND MAGNETISM' — The 'Natural Philosophy' — Gyrostatic Action — Electrostatics and Magnetism — CHAPTER XII — THE AGE OF THE EARTH — CHAPTER XIII — BRITISH ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON ELECTRICAL STANDARDS — CHAPTER XIV — THE BALTIMORE LECTURES — CHAPTER XV — SPEED OF TELEGRAPH SIGNALLING—LAYING OF SUBMARINE CABLES—TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENTS—NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, COMPASS AND SOUNDING MACHINE — Theory of Signalling — Laying of First American Cables — Mirror Galvanometer and Siphon Recorder — Mariners' Compass and Sounding Machine — CHAPTER XVI — LORD KELVIN IN HIS CLASS-ROOM AND LABORATORY — CHAPTER XVII — PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES—HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS—LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH — CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES — INDEX

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