Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER XV THE “LALLA ROOKH,” THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, AND THE “HOOPER ”
- CHAPTER XVI IN THE ‘SEVENTIES
- CHAPTER XVII NAVIGATION: THE COMPASS AND THE SOUNDING MACHINE
- CHAPTER XVIII GYROSTATICS AND WAVE MOTION
- CHAPTER XIX IN THE ‘EIGHTIES
- CHAPTER XX THE BALTIMORE LECTURES
- CHAPTER XXI GATHERING UP THE THREADS
- CHAPTER XXII THE PEERAGE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE JUBILEE: RETIREMENT
- CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT COMPREHENSIVE THEORY
- CHAPTER XXV VIEWS AND OPINIONS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE CLOSING YEARS
- APPENDICES
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER XXIII - THE JUBILEE: RETIREMENT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- CHAPTER XV THE “LALLA ROOKH,” THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, AND THE “HOOPER ”
- CHAPTER XVI IN THE ‘SEVENTIES
- CHAPTER XVII NAVIGATION: THE COMPASS AND THE SOUNDING MACHINE
- CHAPTER XVIII GYROSTATICS AND WAVE MOTION
- CHAPTER XIX IN THE ‘EIGHTIES
- CHAPTER XX THE BALTIMORE LECTURES
- CHAPTER XXI GATHERING UP THE THREADS
- CHAPTER XXII THE PEERAGE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE JUBILEE: RETIREMENT
- CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT COMPREHENSIVE THEORY
- CHAPTER XXV VIEWS AND OPINIONS
- CHAPTER XXVI THE CLOSING YEARS
- APPENDICES
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs , pp. 964 - 1011Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1910