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William Thomson Collection

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Portrait of Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), 1876

Portrait of Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), 1876

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Sir William Thomson, Irish physicist and engineer, c1870s (1883)

Sir William Thomson, Irish physicist and engineer, c1870s (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: He could not refrain from shouting in triumph. c1918

He could not refrain from shouting in triumph. c1918. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), as a boy. From Story-Lives of Great Scientists, by F. J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematician, physicist and engineer, 1877

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematician, physicist and engineer, 1877. Kelvin (1824-1907) was a leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1926

Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1926. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin was a pioneer of thermodynamics and electromagnetic theory

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: William Thomson, English church leader, Archbishop of York, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

William Thomson, English church leader, Archbishop of York, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Thomson, English church leader, Archbishop of York, c1890. Thomson (1819-1890) became Archbishop of York in 1862. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: William Thomson, Archbishop of York, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield

William Thomson, Archbishop of York, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Thomson, Archbishop of York, 1878. Before he graduated from the Queens College, Oxford, he had practically completed a treatise called, Outlines of the Laws of Thought, published in 1842

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer, (c1924)

Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer, (c1924). Kelvin (1824-1907) was a leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879

Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879. Behind the doors is the 80 hp engine

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvins mirror galvanometer, 1876

Lord Kelvins mirror galvanometer, 1876. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) devised this instrument for measuring small electric currents

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes

Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. William Thomsons (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907) receiving apparatus used at Brest, France, including his mirror galvanometer (left)

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin in 1869 (c1890)

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin in 1869 (c1890). Kelvin (1824-1907) Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy
Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin, Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, c1900

Lord Kelvin, Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, c1900. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Background imageWilliam Thomson Collection: Lord Kelvin and his compass, 1902. Artist: James Craig Annan

Lord Kelvin and his compass, 1902. Artist: James Craig Annan
Lord Kelvin and his compass, 1902. Kelvin was born William Thomson and was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. He was professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics)


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