British mathematician and physicist known especially for his work on heat and electricity. In 1848 he proposed a scale of temperature independent of any physical substance, which became known as the Kelvin scale.
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin – Wikipedia
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Biography – Childhood, Life
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Biography – Childhood, Life
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (Author of Schoenberg’s Error)
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