英语词汇kelvinator的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Kelvinator; Kelvin scale. Barely 10 years old when he entered Glasgow University, William Thomson was appointed a full professor of natural philosophy there when only 22. The Scot- tish mathematician and physicist early became one of the greatest scientists of his or any other era and toward the end of his career was created first Baron Kelvin of Larga. In his long lifetime Lord Kelvin made fundamental theoretical contribu- tions in numerous scientific fields including thermodynamics, electricity, solar radiation, and cosmology. He also personally supervised the laying of the transatlantic cable in 1866, initiated the determination of electrical standards, and invented many useful instruments—among them the modern compass, a deep-sea sounding apparatus, an electric bridge, a standard balance, the mirror galvanometer, the siphon recorder, and a variety of instruments for electrical engineers. This great, good, and kind man invented the absolute or Kelvin temperature scale, which has the advantage of expressing any temperature in a positive number, and the British Kelvinator, or refrigerator, was named in his honor in 1914 when theories he had ad- vanced made the appliance possible. Lord Kelvin retired from Glasgow University after teaching there half a century, but three years later matriculated as a student in order to maintain his connection with the university—thus making him, at 75, the oldest genius ever to go back to school. He died in 1907, aged 83.

词汇	kelvinator
词源	Kelvinator; Kelvin scale. Barely 10 years old when he entered Glasgow University, William Thomson was appointed a full professor of natural philosophy there when only 22. The Scot- tish mathematician and physicist early became one of the greatest scientists of his or any other era and toward the end of his career was created first Baron Kelvin of Larga. In his long lifetime Lord Kelvin made fundamental theoretical contribu- tions in numerous scientific fields including thermodynamics, electricity, solar radiation, and cosmology. He also personally supervised the laying of the transatlantic cable in 1866, initiated the determination of electrical standards, and invented many useful instruments—among them the modern compass, a deep-sea sounding apparatus, an electric bridge, a standard balance, the mirror galvanometer, the siphon recorder, and a variety of instruments for electrical engineers. This great, good, and kind man invented the absolute or Kelvin temperature scale, which has the advantage of expressing any temperature in a positive number, and the British Kelvinator, or refrigerator, was named in his honor in 1914 when theories he had ad- vanced made the appliance possible. Lord Kelvin retired from Glasgow University after teaching there half a century, but three years later matriculated as a student in order to maintain his connection with the university—thus making him, at 75, the oldest genius ever to go back to school. He died in 1907, aged 83.
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