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William Thompson

noun

British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907). Synonyms: First Baron Kelvin, Kelvin.

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... that French mutualism had its precursor in England, in William Thompson, who began by mutualism before he became a Communist, and in his followers John Gray (A Lecture on Human Happiness, 1825; The Social System, 1831) and J. F. Bray (Labour's Wrongs and Labour's Remedy, 1839). It had also its precursor in America. Josiah Warren, who was ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

Words linked to "William Thompson" : kelvin, physicist, First Baron Kelvin