Lord Kelvin, his influence on electrical measurements and units
By: Paul Tunbridge.
Contributors: Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Series: IEE history of technology series ;; 18; History of technology series ;; 18.
Publisher: P. Peregrinus on behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907.; Electric measurements -- History.; Electric units -- History.; Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Description: Kelvin's great accomplishment was to bring together all the experimental scientists of his time into one co-operative association for investigators whose individual efforts were aided by their combined results, expressed in a notation and described in language understood by everyone.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.