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THOMPSON, Silvanus Phillips was born on June 19, 1851 in York, New York, United States. Son of Silvanus Thompson, York.
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The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824-1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature. Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) began this biography with the co-operation of Kelvin in 1906, but the project was interrupted by Kelvin's death the following year. Thompson, himself a respected physics lecturer and scientific writer, decided that a more comprehensive biography would be needed and spent several years reading through Kelvin's papers in order to complete these two volumes, published in 1910. Volume 2, beginning in 1871, covers not only Kelvin's mature research, but also more personal aspects of his life, including his love of music and sailing, his experiments with compasses and navigation, and the relationship between his scientific discoveries and his religious beliefs.
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The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824-1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature. Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) began this biography with the co-operation of Kelvin in 1906, but the project was interrupted by Kelvin's death the following year. Thompson, himself a respected physics lecturer and scientific writer, decided that a more comprehensive biography would be needed and spent several years reading through Kelvin's papers in order to complete these two volumes, published in 1910. Volume 1 covers Kelvin's life to 1871, including his student days, his election (aged 22) as professor in Glasgow, his ground-breaking theoretical research on thermodynamics, his applied work on telegraphs including the Atlantic cable, and his involvement in a geological controversy about the age of the earth.
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THOMPSON, Silvanus Phillips was born on June 19, 1851 in York, New York, United States. Son of Silvanus Thompson, York.
Doctor of Science; Bachelor of Arts London. Doctor of Medicine.
Principal and Professor of Physics in the City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury, since 1885; Past President of Physical Society; Past President of Institution of Electrical Engineers; Past President of Rdntgen Society; Past President of Optical Society; Past President of the Sette of Odd Volumes.
(The mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baro...)
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Fellow of the Royal Society. Clubs: Sette of Odd Volumes, Athenaeum.
Spouse 1881, Jane, daughter of late James Henderson, Pollokshields. Ediuc.: Bootham School, York.