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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2012
    30 June 2011
    ISBN:
    9780511997235
    9781108029797
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511997235
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.66kg, 528 Pages
    • Subjects:
    History of Science, Engineering, Engineering: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    Subjects:
    History of Science, Engineering, Engineering: General Interest, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. While only in his twenties, he was awarded the University of Glasgow's chair in natural philosophy, which he was to hold for over fifty years. He is best known through the Kelvin, the unit of measurement of temperature named after him in consequence of his development of an absolute scale of temperature. These volumes collect together Kelvin's lectures for a wider audience. In a convivial but never condescending style, he outlines a range of scientific subjects to audiences of his fellow scientists. The range of topics covered reflects Kelvin's broad interests and his stature as one of the most eminent of Victorian scientists. Volume 3, published in 1891, deals with the science of the seas and oceans, particularly as it relates to navigation, tides and magnetic forces.

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