• DOI:10.1007/S00016-007-0344-4
• Corpus ID: 124435108

In Memoriam

@article{Trainer1960InM,
  title={In Memoriam},
  author={Matthew Trainer},
  journal={Physics in Perspective},
  year={1960},
  volume={10},
  pages={212-223}
}

• M. Trainer
• Published 1 June 2008
• Art
• Physics in Perspective

In 1905 Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) was awarded the second John Fritz Medal for a lifetime of outstanding achievements in science and technology. I sketch Kelvin’s life, education, and work in thermodynamics, electrical technology, and instrumentation, and his role in the laying of the Atlantic cable. I then turn to Kelvin’s four visits to America, in 1876 on the centenary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America; in 1884 when he gave his famous Baltimore Lectures at The Johns Hopkins University; in 1897 when he visited Niagara Falls for the third time and advised George Westinghouse (1846–1914) on how to develop its enormous water power for the generation of electricity; and in 1902 when he advised George Eastman (1854–1932) on the development of the photographic industry.