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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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