William Thomson
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (Belfast, Ireland: 26 June 1824 – Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland: 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, and engineer.
Publications list[edit]
Incomplete list:
- William Thomson "On an Absolute Thermometric Scale, founded on Carnot's Theory of the Motive Power of Heat, and calculated from the Results of Regnault's Experiments on the Pressure and Latent Heat of Steam", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh XVI (1848) (Note: I have also seen this paper cited as Philosophical Magazine Series 3, Volume 33, pp. 313-317 October 1848) although the paper does not appear to be there)
References[edit]
Related reading
- Herman Erlichson "Kelvin and the absolute temperature scale", European Journal of Physics 22 pp. 325-328 (2001)
- Hasok Chang and Sang Wook Yi "The Absolute and Its Measurement: William Thomson on Temperature", Annals of Science 62 pp. 281-308 (2005)