Project Gutenberg 2012-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 160 Gray, Andrew 1847 1925 Gray, A. (Andrew) 09008091 Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work Produced by Laura Wisewell, Turgut Dincer, Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (The original copy of this book was generously made available for scanning by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow.) "Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work" by Andrew Gray is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and scientific contributions of the renowned physicist Lord Kelvin, focusing on his discoveries and teachings that significantly influenced physical science and engineering fields. The opening of the work establishes the context and purpose of the book, clarifying that it is not a full biography but rather a focused narrative on Kelvin's scientific achievements. It begins with a discussion of Kelvin's family background, detailing his father's influence and early education at the University of Glasgow. Notably, this introduction sets the stage for a detailed examination of Kelvin's formative years and the initial impact of his academic experiences on his later groundbreaking work in thermodynamics and electricity. The narrative invites readers to appreciate the interplay between Kelvin's personal life and his contributions to science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39373/39373-h/images/cover.jpg en Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 QC Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Science - General 625467 625393 2024-09-16T13:51:54.767951 2023-09-17T08:24:31.208984 text/html text/html 628554 2012-04-04T13:53:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 943471 2012-04-04T13:53:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 950354 2024-09-16T13:52:05.741870 application/epub+zip 953235 2024-09-16T13:51:57.059932 application/epub+zip 291682 2024-09-16T13:51:55.635983 application/epub+zip 1292914 2024-09-16T13:52:11.422843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1237420 2024-09-16T13:52:04.205883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421756 2022-09-18T05:34:49.812582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545991 2024-09-16T13:51:53.105462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 545769 2012-04-04T13:53:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 192743 2012-04-04T13:53:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17582 2024-09-16T13:52:11.587841 application/rdf+xml 20473 2024-09-16T13:51:55.772928 image/jpeg 2177 2024-09-16T13:51:55.702958 image/jpeg 966961 2024-09-16T13:51:54.909937 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog