William (Thomson), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, physicist, mathematician, engineer and inventor, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 26th June 1824 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Lord Kelvin’s name comes up anytime you start looking at the history of science and technology. In addition to working on transatlantic cables and thermodynamics, he also built an early ...

From thermodynamics to refrigeration and the development of radio, Lord Kelvin’s contributions to science were many and ...

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The Kelvin (K), named after British physicist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), is the thermodynamic temperature unit in the International System of Units (SI). It is derived from the third law of ...

A city university has unveiled a virtual reality exhibition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lord Kelvin's birth. The exhibition by the University of Glasgow is part of the £5.6 million ...