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| Birth and Parentage—Glasgow and Cambridge Universities—Honours at Cambridge—Professorship at Glasgow University—Cooling of the Earth—Natural Philosophy—Sizes of Atoms—J. J. Thomson's Work on Corpuscular Radiations—Law of the Dissipation of Energy—Vortex Motions—His Work in Physics—Law of Retardation—Mirror Galvanometer—Syphon Recorder—The Atlantic Cables—Knighthood—Mariner's Compass—Quadrant Electrometer—Tide-predicting Machine—Deep-sea Sounder—Kilowatt Balance—Multi-cellular Electrostatic Voltmeter—His Fortune—"The Secular Cooling of the Earth"—Bakerian Lecture—His Papers—F.R.S.—Copley Medal—Honours—His Marriage—Created a Peer—Orders of Knighthood—Character—His Lectures—His Jubilee—His Views on Nature—Joule's Electrical Researches—Death—Burial in Westminster Abbey—Inscription on the Grave—Kelvin and Electrons or Fractional Atoms—British Association Paper | 185 |
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