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Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
First described by Lord Kelvin in 1880, Kelvin waves are helical ... Minowa. The heart of the experiment lies in the properties of superfluids. Superfluids are a state of matter in which certain ...
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Getting Sparks From Water With Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm is build around the concept of water droplets falling through inductors. Two streams of water fall from small holes in reservoirs at the top. Those streams fall ...
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Photographic portrait of Lord Kelvin
Shan writes - Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin 1824 - 1907) was appointed to the position of Chair of Natural Philosophy (the subject we now call Physics) in 1846. He remained at the University of ...