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From page 353...
... , 193-194, 219, 237238, 240, 241-242, 253, 255259. See also Compass Department Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor, 296, 303, 306, 314 Airships, 5, 298 Airy, George, 62, 121, 228, 233-234, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241 Albert, Prince, 230 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 244 American Cyanamide, 291 Amontons, Guillaume, 99 Ampere, Andre-Marie, 53, 151 Anglo-American Telegraph, 161, 260 Apreece, Mrs., 83 Arago, Dominique-Fran,cois, 53-54 Armstrong, William, 227 Athenaeum (magazine)
From page 354...
... Peter's College (Peterhouse) , 1112, 196, 216 undergraduate life, 21, 29-36, 197 wrangler competition, 31-34, 36, 4850, 88, 172, 196, 198-199, 216, 262, 279 Capacitors and capacitance, 122, 124, 151 Carnegie, Andrew, 2, 298 Carnot, Hippolyte, 66 Carnot, Lazare, 66 Carnot,Sadi,66,311,318 Carnot cycle, 66-70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 100, 101-103, 105, 106, 109-110, 111, 143, 163, 188,208,223 Case Research Institute, 276 Cauchy, Augustin Louis, 53, 55 Cavendish, Henry, 196, 197 Cayley, Arthur, 207, 268 Charles I, 24, 25 Chasles, Michel, 61, 79 Chicago World's Fair, 287 Chlorine, liquefication, 84 Cholera epidemics, 27-28, 78 Church, Frederic, 128 City of Glasgow Union Railway Company, 195
From page 355...
... A., 187 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 84 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (Melbourne) , 79 Columbia University, 2, 298 Commercial Cable Company, 260-261 Compass Department, Admiralty, 233, 237, 255-256, 257-259 Compasses Admiralty Standard, 237-238, 240, 241, 242, 255-259 Barlow plate, 232 binnacle, 241 correction tables, 232, 235-236, 237, 254-255 Flinders bar, 240 heeling error, 234, 240-241 iron ships and, 230-243 latitude error, 234 liquid, 243, 257, 258 needle design, 236-237 swinging a ship to calibrate, 231-232, 235, 237, 254-255 Thomson, 235-236, 239-240, 241242, 243, 252, 253-254, 256-259 Comptes Renders (journal)
From page 356...
... L., 49, 50, 60 Ely, Bishop of, 62 Encyclopedia Britannica, 82 Energy internal, 188 mathematical definition of, 272 Energy and Empire (Smith and Wise) , 94 n.5 England industrial revolution, 64-65 mathematics and science in, 54-55 and submarine telegraph, 116-118 telegraph line, 295 Entropy, 110-111, 154, 208-211, 242, 265 Epicurus, 217 Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism (Green)
From page 357...
... , 232 Gauss, Karl Friedrich, 54, 61 Geikie, Archibald, 277, 278, 282, 284, 310 Geological Society of Glasgow, 175 357 Germany science and mathematics in, 54 and submarine telegraph, 116 Gibb, John, 317 Gibbs, Wolcott, 245 Gilman, Daniel Colt, 244-245 Gisborne, Frederick, 120, 128 Glacier motion, theoretical dispute, 217 Glasgow Philosophical Society, 154 Glasgow University, 11, 27-28, 29, 4447 cholera epidemics, 27-28, 78 engineering department, 101 experimental physics laboratory, 9294, 195-196 Natural Philosophy chair, 48, 50, 5253, 58 relocation, 194-195 Westminister confession, 88-89, 9091 Glass, Elliott, 129, 134-135, 142, 156, 159 Gooch, Daniel, 159, 161 Good Words (magazine) , 177-178, 186, 235, 236 Gordon, Lewis, 101 Grand unified theory, 266-267, 285, 297 Gravitational energy, 167 Great Britain (ship)
From page 358...
... , 224, 225 Hopkins, William, 21, 30-31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43-44, 46, 48-49, 51-52, 61, 62, 80 Horseley's, 71 House, Royal E., 118, 132 Huxley, Thomas H., 173-175, 177, 179, 180, 214, 216, 220 I Ideal engine, 100, 102, 107. See also Carnot cycle Ideal gas law, 99, 106, 185 India Telegraph Service, 219-220 Industrial revolution, 64-65, 73 Inkjet printer, 191 Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.S.)
From page 359...
... See also Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic theory 359 Magnus effect, 304 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 73, 74 Marconi, Guglielmo, 298, 299 Marischal College, 198 Maxwell, James Clerk, 3, 5, 91, 146, 149, 154-155, 196-203, 205, 206-207, 210, 216, 217-218, 220, 245-246, 251-252, 261, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270271, 273, 275, 277, 284-285, 295, 311, 312 Maxwellians, 272, 274, 285, 286, 297 May,W. E., 255 Mayer, Julius Robert, 178, 181-182, 184, 185-189, 208, 211 Mayes, William, 241, 242, 255, 258, 289 McGill University, 302 McKinley, William, 8 Meikleham, William, 45, 46, 47, 53, 58, 59,60,86,93 Menlo Park, 293 Mercury (planet)
From page 360...
... , 169 Proceedings of the Royal Society, 74, 90, 124, 229, 231 Q Quantum mechanics, 204, 313-314 Quantum theory, 306 Quaternions, 207-208, 242, 273-274, 304 Queenwood school, 179 R Radio waves, 202, 245 Radioactive dating, 303 Radioactive decay, 302, 303, 306, 307, 308 Radioactivity, 6, 262, 263, 284, 302, 306, 309 Rainbow (steamer) , 233 Ramsay, Andrew, 171 Rankine, William John MacQuorn, 106, 108, 110, 111, 123, 194, 211, 250-251, 287, 318 Rayleigh, Lord, 247-248, 261-262, 275, 286, 288, 289, 303, 307, 310 Regnault, Victor, 57, 58, 65, 99, 100, 102, 104 Relativity, 204, 277, 306 Resistance, electrical, 73, 124, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148-149, 150, 152 Resolution (ship)
From page 361...
... See also Telegraphy theory electromagnetic theory and, 268-269 peristaltic model, 124-125 Sketch of Thermodynamics (Tait) , 208211 361 Smith, Archibald, 13-14, 19, 37, 45, 47, 60, 62, 63, 88, 94-95, 193, 235236, 238, 239 Smith, Crosbie, 94 n.5, 317 Smith, Sabrina, 94-95 Smith, Willoughby, 115 Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 180 Social Darwinism, 218 n.1 Society of Telegraph Engineers, 148, 163, 227, 268, 269 Soddy, Frederick, 303, 307, 309 Sounding devices, 219-220, 223-225, 240, 243 Spectroscopy, 247-249, 265, 266, 267, 284 Speed of light, 246, 276, 277 Spencer, Herbert, 218 n.1 S.S.
From page 362...
... , 238, 239 Telegraph. See also Submarine telegraph cable; Transatlantic telegraph automatic receiver and electric pen, 243 letter printing machines, 118-119, 132, 191 mirror galvanometer receiver, 132133, 134, 135-136, 139, 141, 142-143, 145, 155, 157, 162163, 190-191 siphon recorder, 191-193, 195, 260261 wireless, 298, 299 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, 159-160 Telegraphy theory, 123-124, 125-127, 286 telegraphy law of squares, 123-124, 125-127, 175, 210, 223 Telephones and telephony, 4, 243-244, 269 Temperature gradients, 16, 18, 164, 167168, 169 Temperature scales, 98-100 Tesla, Nikola, 293, 298, 301 Thackeray, William, 96, 129, 197 TheorieAnalytiq?
From page 363...
... , 44, 46-47, 48, 58, 60, 123 Thomson, William, Lord Kelvin absolute temperature scale, 4-5, 6, 100-101, 143 age-of-earth controversy, 6, 164-165, 167-169, 170-171, 172-174, 176, 177, 186, 211, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282-284, 308, 311 ancestry, 24-25 and atomic theories, 264, 266, 284, 285-286, 289, 295-297, 300, 303, 306-307, 309, 313-314 Baltimore lectures, 242, 244-252, 262, 264, 272-273, 274-275, 276, 289, 296, 301, 306, 311, 312, 313, 316 as Cambridge undergraduate, 11-14, 20-24, 29-31, 34-53, 55, 71, 220 celebrity status, 2-3, 4-5, 153, 154, 157, 244-245, 289-290, 298, 300-301 r conservation-or-energy controversy, 177-189 contributions and discoveries, 2-5, 78, 123, 132-134, 154, 155, 163, 194, 260-261, 262-263, 264, 269, 311-312, 313 death, funeral, and burial, 4, 309, 310-311 dissertation, 164, 165 and electric power generation and transmission, 2, 269, 290-294, 299-301 and electrical measurement, 9, 142144, 146-153, 269 and electromagnetic theory, 80-81, 86-88, 93, 105, 106, 112, 113, 155, 180-181, 199-203, 222-223, 363 251-252, 262-263, 264, 267, 269, 272-273, 274, 275-277, 284, 286, 295, 306, 311, 312 empirical knowledge and research style, 57, 65-66, 69-70, 92-94, 210-211, 227, 265-266, 272-273, 274-275, 294-295 as entrepreneur and consultant, 2, 8, 133-134, 155, 163, 290-291, 299, 301, 312-313 entropy controversy, 208-211 and environmental issues, 290, 291 ether models, 264, 266, 267, 285286, 289, 295-296, 300 and evolution theory, 6, 8, 174, 211214, 220, 239 family life and relationships, 11, 13, 14-15, 19-20, 21, 22-24, 25-28, 37, 38, 43-45, 50-52, 61, 69-70, 77-79, 90, 94, 219, 221, 262, 287, 312-313 father's influence, 13, 21, 22-24, 26, 30, 40, 43-45, 46, 47, 48-49, 5052, 56, 58, 59-60, 61-62, 195 fellowship at St. Peter's, 58-59, 6061, 62, 79 and fluid mechanics, 222, 248, 250251, 264, 266-267, 285-286, 289, 312 friends and colleagues, 20, 32, 70, 72-73, 76-77, 104, 112-113, 154, 177-178, 186, 197-198, 215-216, 219, 220, 221, 260, 270, 277, 287-288, 303-305 n Germany, 14, 37, 112-113, 125, 166 Glasgow Natural History chair, 4447, 48, 50, 52-53, 58, 60-63, 75, 76-77, 90, 91-94, 164, 195, 260, 261, 264, 297-298 health problems, 1-2, 146, 153-154, 189-190, 298, 310 honors and awards, 7, 41, 52-53, 57, 79, 94, 142, 163, 258, 262, 292, 298 i]
From page 364...
... See also Submarine telegraph cable British government investigation of 1858 failure, 156-157
From page 365...
... F., 151, 159-160, 163 Vector calculus, 207, 271-272, 274, 285 Verdet, Emile, 187 Victoria, Queen, 7, 15, 130, 137-138, 202, 233, 261, 288 Victoria Institute, 283-284 Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe, 151 Vortex atoms, 264, 266, 267, 285, 297, 314 Vortex sponge, 285, 314 W Wales, William, 230 Walker, T F., 224 Water mills and water power, 65, 67 Wave theory of light, 245-251 Weald, age of, 170, 174 Weber, Wilhelm, 3, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149 Wedderburn, Mrs., 197 Westinghouse, George, 2, 291, 293, 298, 299, 301 Westminster confession, 88-89, 90-91 Wheatstone, Charles, 116, 118, 132, 145, 146, 156, 229 Whewell, William, 55 White, James, 193, 196, 229 Whitehouse, Edward Orange Wildman, 125-127, 129, 130, 132-134, 136-137, 139-142, 153, 156, 190 Wiggler model, 248 Wilhelm Meister (Goethe)
From page 366...
... 366 Wilson, Woodrow, 260 Wise, M Norton, 94 n.5, 317 X X Rays, 263, 295-296 Index y Young, Thomas, 54, 297 n.6 z Zollner, )


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