{"product_id":"popular-lectures-and-addresses-paperback-9781108029780","title":"Popular Lectures and Addresses (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029780","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePopular Lectures and Addresses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of Kelvin's scientific lectures on geology, together with uncollected talks given between 1866 and 1893.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Thomson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029780, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e622 pages, 13 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. While only in his twenties, he was awarded the University of Glasgow's chair in natural philosophy, which he was to hold for over fifty years. He is best known through the Kelvin, the unit of measurement of temperature named after him in consequence of his development of an absolute scale of temperature. These volumes collect together Kelvin's lectures for a wider audience. In a convivial but never condescending style, he outlines a range of scientific subjects to audiences of his fellow scientists. The range of topics covered reflects Kelvin's broad interests and his stature as one of the most eminent of Victorian scientists. Volume 2 is mainly concerned with geology and was actually published last, in 1894. It includes additional lectures given between 1866 and 1893 that were not included in the other two volumes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e12. Protection of vegetation from cold\u003cbr\u003e 13. The 'doctrine of uniformity' in geology briefly refuted\u003cbr\u003e 14. On geological time\u003cbr\u003e 15. On geological dynamics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Presidential address to the British Association, Edinburgh, 1871\u003cbr\u003e 17. Presidential address to the Society of Telegraph Engineers, 1874\u003cbr\u003e 18. Review of evidence regarding the physical condition of the earth\u003cbr\u003e 19. Geological climate\u003cbr\u003e 20. The internal condition of the earth as to temperature, fluidity, and rigidity\u003cbr\u003e 21. Polar ice-caps and their influence in changing sea levels\u003cbr\u003e 22. On the rate of a clock or chronometer as influenced by the mode of suspension\u003cbr\u003e 23. On a new astronomical clock\u003cbr\u003e 24. On beats of imperfect harmonies\u003cbr\u003e 25. On the origin and transformation of motive power\u003cbr\u003e 26. On the sources of energy in nature available to man for the production of mechanical effect\u003cbr\u003e 27. On the dissipation of energy\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Bangor laboratories\u003cbr\u003e 29. Presidential addresses\u003cbr\u003e 30. Address delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of Joule's statue in Manchester Town Hall\u003cbr\u003e 31. Isoperimetrical problems\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266020659480,"sku":"9781108029780","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029780i.jpg?v=1694873563","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/popular-lectures-and-addresses-paperback-9781108029780","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}