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Klappentext A collection of Kelvin's scientific lectures on geology! together with uncollected talks given between 1866 and 1893. Zusammenfassung William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was one of the most important Victorian scientists. These volumes collect together Kelvin's lectures for a wider audience. Volume 2 is mainly concerned with geology but also includes other lectures given between 1866 and 1893. Inhaltsverzeichnis 12. Protection of vegetation from cold; 13. The 'doctrine of uniformity' in geology briefly refuted; 14. On geological time; 15. On geological dynamics; 16. Presidential address to the British Association, Edinburgh, 1871; 17. Presidential address to the Society of Telegraph Engineers, 1874; 18. Review of evidence regarding the physical condition of the earth; 19. Geological climate; 20. The internal condition of the earth as to temperature, fluidity, and rigidity; 21. Polar ice-caps and their influence in changing sea levels; 22. On the rate of a clock or chronometer as influenced by the mode of suspension; 23. On a new astronomical clock; 24. On beats of imperfect harmonies; 25. On the origin and transformation of motive power; 26. On the sources of energy in nature available to man for the production of mechanical effect; 27. On the dissipation of energy; 28. The Bangor laboratories; 29. Presidential addresses; 30. Address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of Joule's statue in Manchester Town Hall; 31. Isoperimetrical problems; Index.

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• Authors: Lord Kelvin William Thomson, William Thomson, William Baron Thomson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029780
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02978-0
• No. of pages: 622
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences; Popular Lectures and Addresses 3 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Physics