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Andrew Gray. Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work
Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CORRIGENDUM
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
Footnote
INDEX
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Andrew Gray
Published by Good Press, 2021
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where A1, A2, ... are known in terms of a1, a2, ... Conversely, any series of this form is capable of being replaced by a series of the form assumed. Further, a series of the form just written can be made to represent any arbitrary system of values between the given limits, and so the possibility of the expansion is demonstrated.
The next ten papers, with two exceptions, are all on the motion of heat, and appeared in the Cambridge Mathematical Journal between 1841 and 1843, and deal with important topics suggested by Fourier's treatise. Of the ideas contained in one or two of them some account will be given presently.
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