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- Test of Lord Kelvin's isotropic helicoid ideas fail to prove theory correct https://phys.org/news/2021-07-lord-kelvin-isotropic-helicoid-ideas.html 2 comments
- Lord Kelvin and Being Usefully Wrong http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/01/01/lord_kelvin_and.html 2 comments
- Norwegian physicist with correct theory for auroras suppressed for generations by Imperial Physicist Lord Kelvin http://www.solarstorms.org/skelvin.html 16 comments space
- Skin remains a barrier despite skin cells continually shedding because the shape of a skin cell is a tetrakaidecahedron, a shape proposed in 1887 by Lord Kelvin, which means that it can always form a very tight, cohesive bond with the cells surrounding it, based on mice and mathematical models. https://elifesciences.org/content/5/e19593 130 comments science
- Contrary to popular belief, the equation for vapor pressure established 150 years ago by Lord Kelvin is not only valid on a macroscopic level, but also on a molecular level. Even in capillaries, only a few water molecules thick, the equation correctly describes the condensation of water vapor. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2978-1 8 comments science