William Thomson's Life And Accomplishments

William Thomson was born on June 26th, 1824 in Belfast, Northern Ireland to James and Margaret Thomson and was immediately exposed to science due to his father’s presence in the field as a professor. As Thomson learned more he became extremely skilled in mathematics and started attending universities where he wrote his first scientific paper at age 16. When Thomson reached proper age he attended Cambridge University where he continues to hone his skills and improve his overall knowledge in physics and mathematics. While at Cambridge Thomson was exposed to the works of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier and George Green which inspired him and led him to develop his own theories and opinions of electricity, heat, and magnetism. After working for a

In 1892, William Thompson became a lord and took the name Kevlin due to peer pressure. Lord Kelvin was known for three main achievements. Firstly, he worked on the project for building a Transatlantic telegraph cable for telegraphs. After multiple attempts, the project was finally completed in 1866, where Kelvin was knighted by Queen Victoria. He also formulated the second law of thermodynamics which states that heat will flow from a hotter body to a lower body and proved that 100% efficiency is impossible. In fact in one of his publications he stated, “It is impossible, by means of inanimate material agency, to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects”. Lastly and most importantly, in 1848, Kelvin put forward his own temperature scale. This is now called the Kelvin scale, after Lord Kelvin. It has the same degree spacing as the Celsius scale, except that it starts at absolute zero, approximately -273.15 C; there are no negative