Author:William Thomson (1824-1907)

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William Thomson
(1824–1907)

William Thomson

Works

• "Note on a Passage in Fourier's Heat" from the Cambridge Mathematical Journal, Volume III, November 1841
• "On the Possible Density of the Luminiferous Medium, and on the Mechanical Value of a Cubic Mile of Sunlight", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1854), p.57.
• "On the Ultramundane Corpuscles of Le Sage" (From Edinb. Roy. Soc. Proc. Vol. vn. 1872, pp. 577-589 [read Dec. 18, 1871]
• Reprint of papers on electrostatics and magnetism, 1872 IA
• Elements of natural philosophy. With by Peter Guthrie Tait
  • 1873, part 1 Internet Archive identifier: b21725512
  • 1894, 2nd edition Internet Archive identifier: elementnatuphilo00kelvrich
  • 1895, new edition Internet Archive identifier: elementsofnatura00kelvuoft
• Mathematical and physical papers, 1882 IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4, IA 5, IA 6
• The practical applications of electricity, 1884 contributor IA
• "William Thomson's account of his Christian faith" (from the annual meeting of the Christian Evidence Society) (23 May 1889)
• Popular lectures and addresses, 1891 IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• The molecular tactics of a crystal, 1894 IA
• The free expansion of gases: memoirs, 1898 contributor IA
• The second law of thermodynamics; memoirs, 1899 contributor IA
• Baltimore lectures on molecular dynamics and the wave theory of light. 1904 IA
• Scientific papers: physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, 1910 contributor IA

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• "The Available Energy of Nature" in Popular Science Monthly, 20 (November 1881)
• "The Sun's Heat" in Popular Science Monthly, 31 (May 1887)

Works about Thomson

• "Thomson, (Sir) William," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Sketch of Sir William Thomson" in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (January 1877)
• "Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Thomson, William (1824-1907)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
• Kelvin, in Biographies of Scientific Men (1912)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.