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The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh William Donaldson Clark, about 1858

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2017

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The last upload was July 2018.

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John Carson said:
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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.

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?