William (Thomson), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs, physicist, mathematician, engineer and inventor, was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 26th June 1824 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

From thermodynamics to refrigeration and the development of radio, Lord Kelvin’s contributions to science were many and varied Nineteenth-century scientist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin ...

Visitors can also see two versions of the mirror galvanometer, developed by Kelvin to help carry telegraph signals across long-distance cables. Born in 1824 in Belfast as William Thomson, Kelvin is ...

Kelvin, whose real name was William Thomson, became interested in tides in a roundabout way, as explained in a recent IEEE Spectrum article. He’d made plenty of money on his patents related to ...

Lord Kelvin was one of the world's most famous physicists The University of Glasgow is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the world's most renowned scientists. Lord Kelvin ...

A virtual reality exhibition dedicated to Lord Kelvin has been unveiled at the University of Glasgow to celebrate 200 years since the pioneering scientist was born. The exhibition is the latest ...

Lord Kelvin, pictured in 1902, was a mathematician and physicist who made huge contributions to science (Image by artist James Craig Annan/The Print Collector) | Getty Images From thermodynamics ...