Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kelvin Way
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Wheelchair-accessible entrance
This monument stands in tribute to one of Scotland's greatest scientists, Sir William Thomson, the 1st Baron Kelvin. The bronze sculpture was made by Archibald MacFarlane Shannon. The monument depicts Lord Kelvin as an elderly gentleman. He is seated on a chair wearing academic robes, reading a manuscript held in his right hand, while his left is holding on to his robe and gives the appearance of Lord Kelvin about to give a speech or lecture. I still remember much of his work from my school physics days as the man who made substantial contributions to physics and the field of thermodynamics. Although I most vividly remember him for the Kelvin Scale.
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A nice statue in a nice park, overlooked by Glasgow University. Lord Kelvin was a great engineer and mathematician born in Belfast to Scottish parents. He worked in a laboratory at Glasgow University near the river Kelvin and from the river came the Kelvin name of his title, he was born William Thomson. He was famed in his day and knighted by Queen Victoria for his work on the undersea telegram cable between the USA and UK among other notable achievements. His name is perhaps best known today from the Kelvin temperature scale, named in his honour.
Close to the River Kelvin and part of Kelvingrove Park in West Glasgow, the statue is dedicated to perhaps the most famous professor ever at Glagow University, physicist Lord Kelvin. Frequently, a traffic cone rests on Kelvin's head. It's a short way on Kelvin Way to the world class Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Statue de Lord Kelvin avec son cône de signalisation dans Kelvingrove Park et, au loin, le musée.
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