Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work

by Andrew Gray

• Atlantic cables, [267], [268]
• Atmospheric electricity, [226]
• Atoms, size of, [261]
• Ayrton, W. E., [296]
• Baltimore lectures, [254]-[263]
• Bertrand's theorem of maximum kinetic energy, [158]
• Bottomley, James Thomson, [311]
• Bottomley, William, [7]
• British Association, electrical standards, [244]-[253]
• Cambridge University Musical Society, [24]
• Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, [25], [31], [78]
• Carnot, Sadi, [77], [101]
• Carnot's Théorie Motrice du Feu, [87], [101], [108] et seq.
• Cauchy, [294]
• Chasles, [28], [43]
• Clapeyron, [101], [112]
• Clausius, [114] et seq.
• College, the old, of Glasgow, [10]
• Compass, errors of, [273]
• "Dew-drop," artificial, [290]
• Dynamical theorems, Thomson's and Bertrand's, [158] et seq.
• Earth, the age of, [196], [229]-[243]
• Earth, tidal retardation of, [230]
• Elasticity, Poisson-Navier theory of, [291];
• • encyclopædia article on, [297]
• Electrical oscillations, [181] et seq.
• Electricity, mathematical theory of, [33]
• Electrolysis, mechanical theory of, [176]
• Electrometers, [223] et seq.
• Electromotive forces, estimation of, by heats of combination, [178]
• Electromotive forces, measurement of, [179]
• Electrostatics and Magnetism, [222] et seq.
• Ellis, Robert Leslie, [26]
• Energy, dissipation of, [139]
• Faculty, the, of the University of Glasgow, [4], [63]-[67]
• Faraday, [61]
• Faure, M., [81]
• FitzGerald, G. F., [301], [305]
• Fourier, Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur, [16] et seq.
• Gauss, [28]
• Gauss and Weber, [245]
• Green, George, of Nottingham, [21], [30], [294]
• Gregory, J. W., [241]
• Goodwin, Harvey, [26]
• Gyrostats and gyrostatic action, [214], [284]-[286]
• Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, [196], [294]
• Heat, encyclopædia article on, [297]
• Heaviside, Oliver, [294]
• Helmholtz, von, [113]
• Hertz, [191], [256]
• Hopkins, William, [23]
• Huxley, [77], [196], [242]
• Hydrodynamics, [153]-[175]
• Images, electric, [31], [38]-[59]
• Inversion, electrical, [49] et seq.
• Inversion, geometrical, [59], [60]
• Joule, James Prescott, [77], [86] et seq., [101] et seq.
• Larmor, Joseph, [256]
• Lectures on Natural Philosophy at Glasgow, [279] et seq.
• Liouville, [31]
• Liouville's Journal de Mathématiques, [25], [26], [31]
• Loschmidt, [262]
• Lubbock, Sir John (Lord Avebury), [85]
• Luminiferous ether, motion of planets through, [256]
• Magnetism, theory of, [227]
• Mariners' compass, [272] et seq.
• Maxwell, [117], [193], [305]
• Mayer, of Heilbronn, [105]
• McFarlane, Donald, [96], [287], [289]
• McKichan, Dugald, [193]
• Mécanique Analytique of Lagrange, [199], [205]
• Mécanique Céleste of Laplace, [199], [205]
• Meikleham, William, [61]
• Mirror galvanometer, [268]
• Motivity, thermodynamic, [138]
• Natural Philosophy, Chair of, at Glasgow, [63]
• Natural Philosophy, Thomson and Tait's, [196] et seq.
• Navigational sounding machine, [272]
• Newton, [195], [202]
• Nichol, John, Professor of English Language and Literature, [5]
• Nichol, John Pringle, Professor of Astronomy, [5], [20], [61], [63]
• Oersted, [61]
• Oscillations, electrical, [181] et seq.
• Parkinson, Stephen, [27]
• Peltier, [148]
• Pendulum, ballistic, [288]
• Perry, John, [240], [296]
• Phosphorescence, dynamical theory of, [259]
• Physical laboratory, first, [70]
• Pickering, [217]
• Polarised light, rotation of plane of, [220]
• Principia, Newton's, [195], [202]
• Ramsay, George Gilbert, Professor of Humanity, [11]
• Regnault, [29]
• Royal Society of Edinburgh, presidency of, [299]
• Royal Society of London, presidency of, [299]
• Rumford, Count, [103]
• Seebeck, [148]
• Signalling, theory of telegraphic, [264]
• Siphon recorder, [268], [270]
• Smith, Archibald, [275]
• Spectrum analysis, dynamical theory of, [84]
• Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, [24], [79], [80], [81], [85], [291], [294]
• Stoney, Dr. Johnstone, [262]
• Sun's heat, age of, [232]
• Tait, Peter Guthrie, [194] et seq.
• Temperature, absolute, [125] et seq.;
• • comparison of, with scale of air thermometer, [135]
• Thermodynamics, [99]-[152]
• Thermoelasticity, [142] et seq.
• Thermoelectricity, [147] et seq.
• Thermometry, absolute, [114]-[152]
• Thomson, David, [61]
• Thomson, James, Professor of Mathematics, [1]-[4], [7]
• Thomson, James, Professor of Engineering, [113], [209];
  • integrating machine, [209], [303]
• Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy, [68], [196] et seq., [218]
• Thomson's theorem of minimum kinetic energy, [158]
• Thomson, Thomas, Professor of Chemistry, [6]
• Thomson, prevalence of name at Glasgow College, [5]
• Thomson, William, Lord Kelvin:—
  • Parentage and early education, [1]-[12]
  • Career at Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge, [13]-[32]
  • Early researches, [16], [18], [31]
  • Election to Chair of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow, [64]
  • Scientific researches, passim;
    • Jubilee of, [301];
    • Chancellor of University of Glasgow, [302]
  • In class-room and laboratory, [279]-[298]
  • Practical activities, honours and distinctions, last illness and death, [299]-[304];
    • funeral in Westminster Abbey, [304]
• Tidal Analyser, [211]
• Tide Predicter, [208]
• Vortex-Motion, [161]-[175]
• Waldstein sonata, [24]
• Weber, W., [193]
• Weights and measures, British, [289], [290]
• White, James, [276]
• Willard Gibbs, [294]

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