Higher mathematical natural philosophy class (lecture notes) at Glasgow University, 1871-1872.
Related Entities
There are 4 Entities related to this resource.
University of Glasgow
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk074q (corporateBody)
John J. Adam was a Scottish immigrant, member of Michigan legislature, holder of various state offices, regent and treasurer of the University of Michigan. From the description of [Diploma, granting to Ioannis Iohnstone Adam a degree in liberal arts] 1826 April 7. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368441 John Baird Hunter was born in 1837 in Paisley, the son of an apothecary named William Hunter. Together with his older brother, William Munn Hunter...
Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq3vmc (person)
Civil engineer and physicist. Born in Edinburgh and studied at the university there. He then worked as an engineer on various railway projects in Scotland and Ireland, and from 1844 to 1848 was employed by the Caledonian Railway Co. About 1848 he commenced the researches on molecular physics which constitute his claim to fame in the scientific domain. His work on thermodynamics mirrored similar ideas being put forward by his contemporaries, William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) and Clausius. He was app...
Dyer, Henry, 1848-1918
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb7808 (person)
Engineer and educationalist. In 1872 while still stuyding at Glasgow University, Dyer was offered the position of Principal of New Engineering College in Tokyo and played a prominent part in Japan's modernisation. On his return to Glasgow he concerned himself with educational matters, becoming Chairman of Glasgow School Board in 1914. From the description of Higher mathematical natural philosophy class (lecture notes) at Glasgow University, 1871-1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1...
Kelvin, William Thomson, baron, 1824-1907
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd13bf (person)
Physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79617799 From the description of Papers, 1905-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80830683 From the description of Correspondence, 1836-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84971911 British mathematician and physicist. From the description of Letters signed (2) and autograph postcard signed : Glasgow, to W.A. Knight, 1890 Jan. 25...
