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The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh by National Galleries of Scotland Commons
The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh William Donaldson Clark, about 1858

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Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, 1824 - 1907. Scientist, resting on a binnacle and holding a marine azimuth mirror

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  • BobMeade said:
    Looks like this instrument is based upon Lord Kelvin's work and patents. At the Persistent URL the National Galleries of Scotland has this note : "He was also the partner of a Glasgow firm that made measuring instruments from his own patents" And here is some of his published work on such instruments: zapatopi.net/kelvin/papers/terrestrial_magnetism_and_the_... .
  • Fumbling Kitty said:
    hero
  • jamica1 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Science, Technology, History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • tel b1 said:
    is he not a landlord of apublic house
  • jamica1 said:
    Difficult to exaggerate how important a figure kelvin was.

Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

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  • Atget's Apprentice said:
    It looked much better back then.

David Livingstone, 1813 - 1873. Missionary and explorer

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  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Trylle A-Å said:
    What a lovely portrait! I'm probably reading way too much into it, but his face really tells the story of a determined man who has weathered a storm or 50.
  • Charles Glendinning said:
    Yes... I think if he told me, "Believe or perish!" my first thought would be that HE was the one doing the perishing!
  • Gwen Page said:
    I've never seen a photo of him before - cheerful looking chap!!
  • Mark Nelson said:
    May God be praised for this man. People the world over are still being touched by the impact he made on it.
  • Tsjernysjefsky said:
    Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

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