Definition: Thomson, William 1824 - 1907: Also known as Lord Kelvin, the British physicist who developed the Kelvin temperature scale and who supervised the laying of a trans-Atlantic cable. Show me a picture of Lord Kelvin!
Thomson, William 1824 - 1907
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