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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD, AND UPBRINGING AT GLASGOW
- CHAPTER II CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER III POST-GRADUATE STUDIES AT PARIS AND PETERHOUSE
- CHAPTER IV THE GLASGOW CHAIR
- CHAPTER V THE YOUNG PROFESSOR
- CHAPTER VI THERMODYNAMICS
- CHAPTER VII THE LABORATORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: FAILURE
- CHAPTER IX STRENUOUS YEARS
- CHAPTER X THE EPOCH-MAKING TREATISE
- CHAPTER XI THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: SUCCESS
- CHAPTER XII LABOUR AND SORROW
- CHAPTER XIII THE GEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY
- CHAPTER XIV LATER TELEGRAPHIC WORK: THE SIPHON RECORDER
- Plate section
CHAPTER IV - THE GLASGOW CHAIR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD, AND UPBRINGING AT GLASGOW
- CHAPTER II CAMBRIDGE
- CHAPTER III POST-GRADUATE STUDIES AT PARIS AND PETERHOUSE
- CHAPTER IV THE GLASGOW CHAIR
- CHAPTER V THE YOUNG PROFESSOR
- CHAPTER VI THERMODYNAMICS
- CHAPTER VII THE LABORATORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: FAILURE
- CHAPTER IX STRENUOUS YEARS
- CHAPTER X THE EPOCH-MAKING TREATISE
- CHAPTER XI THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH: SUCCESS
- CHAPTER XII LABOUR AND SORROW
- CHAPTER XIII THE GEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY
- CHAPTER XIV LATER TELEGRAPHIC WORK: THE SIPHON RECORDER
- Plate section
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- The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs , pp. 161 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1910