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Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1824 - 1907

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Cleveland Abbe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0060
Abstract

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript notes, reports, meteorological observations, reprints, drawings, and lecture notes of astronomer and meteorologist, Cleveland Abbe, dating from 1851 to 1952.

Dates: 1851-1952

Daniel Coit Gilman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents note The papers document Gilman's wide-ranging interests especially his travels in Europe and work as attaché in St. Petersburg (1854-1855), his years (1855-1858) at Yale, and his presidencies of the University of California (1872-1875) and the Johns Hopkins University (1876-1902)Gilman's correspondence contains a number of letters from prominent, contemporary educators, scientists, politicians, and literary figures. The collection includes a large number of photographs of Gilman's...
Dates: 1773-1942

Gustav A. Liebig collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030055663]
Identifier: MS-0329
Scope and Contents The collection of physicist, Gustav A. Liebig, consists of three photographs and two reprints. Two photographs are of notable Hopkins faculty members: the physicist Henry A. Rowland (1848-1901) and the mathematician Thomas Craig (1855-1900). The third photograph is of British physicist, Baron William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907) who lectured at the University on molecular dynamics and the wave theory of light in 1884. Also in the collection is a reprint of an article published by...
Dates: 1886-1887

Ira Remsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0039
Abstract

Ira Remsen, American chemist, educator and second President of Johns Hopkins University was born in New York City on February 10, 1846. The collection spans the years 1868 - 1938. The material consists of correspondence, speeches, publications, lectures and lecture notes, notebooks, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, reprints, books annotated by Remsen, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1846 - 1927

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin materials

 Collection — Box BW-13: [Barcode: 31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0247
Abstract

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was a British mathematician and physicist. Collection consists of four letters of Thomson, ranging in date from 1878 to 1899, to Henry Dyer. Also in the collection are invoices and correspondence relating to the publication in 1904 of Thomson's lectures at the Johns Hopkins University.

Dates: 1878-1899, 1904

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