Temperature, absolute, 125 _et seq._; comparison of, with scale of air thermometer, 135 Thermodynamics, 99-152 Thermoelasticity, 142 _et seq._ Thermoelectricity, 147 _et seq._ Thermometry, absolute, 114-152 Thomson, David, 61 Thomson, James, Professor of Mathematics, 1-4, 7 Thomson, James, Professor of Engineering, 113, 209; integrating machine, 209, 303 Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy, 68, 196 _et seq._, 218 Thomson's theorem of minimum kinetic energy, 158 Thomson, Thomas, Professor of Chemistry, 6 Thomson, prevalence of name at Glasgow College, 5 Thomson, William, Lord Kelvin:-- Parentage and early education, 1-12 Career at Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge, 13-32 Early researches, 16, 18, 31 Election to Chair of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow, 64 Scientific researches, passim; Jubilee of, 301; Chancellor of University of Glasgow, 302 In class-room and laboratory, 279-298 Practical activities, honours and distinctions, last illness and death, 299-304; funeral in Westminster Abbey, 304 Tidal Analyser, 211 Tide Predicter, 208 Vortex-Motion, 161-175 Waldstein sonata, 24 Weber, W., 193 Weights and measures, British, 289, 290 White, James, 276 Willard Gibbs, 294 RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Lord Kelvin, by Andrew Gray