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William Thompson   /wˈɪljəm tˈɑmpsən/   Listen
William Thompson

noun
1.
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907).  Synonyms: First Baron Kelvin, Kelvin.






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"William thompson" Quotes from Famous Books



... very interesting tests were made in the Centennial Main Building a few days ago in the presence of about fifty invited guests, among whom were noticed the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, Sir William Thompson, and quite a number ...
— Music and Some Highly Musical People • James M. Trotter

... that French mutualism had its precursor in England, in William Thompson, who began by mutualism before he became a Communist, and in his followers John Gray (A Lecture on Human Happiness, 1825; The Social System, 1831) and J. F. Bray (Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy, 1839). It had also its precursor in America. Josiah Warren, who was ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



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