Talk:William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
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He was "petted by older students"? I wonder if that's some local dialect that could be translated into something like standard English? Michael Hardy 01:46 Feb 16, 2003 (UTC)
As per the Wikipedia naming conventions, the page ought to be at William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Several individuals know Sir William as Lord Kelvin, so I cannot submit the objection that the title of a commoner is much more well-known than that of a peer in the case of Lord Kelvin. -- Lord Emsworth 15:40, Jan 4, 2004 (UTC)
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Source
Much of this text originally came from the book Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro, available at Project Gutenberg: [1] (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=979). Lupo 14:16, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
a luddite?
When I watched the comedy movie "Around the world in eighty days" by Jackie Chan, the Lord Kelvin portraited in the movie was against scientific advances. He made comments like "Whatever scientific discovery needed by mankind was already found". Then the movie director's commentary said that this character was based on the real person and his ridiculous comments and views. The movie purposely ridiculed him for what he was. Though it is POV to judge on his personality and belief, it would be neutral to quote some of his views here in this article. Kowloonese 23:39, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
- Well, certainly a Jackie Chan movie is an authoratative source of unassailable integrity, so that's good enough for me. Also, don't forget the information on Charlie Chaplin that can be gleaned from "Shanghai Knights". --P3d0 18:33, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
Tide predicting machine
We have a picture of an alleged tide predicting machine with no mention in the article body itself. --P3d0 18:14, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
Heritage
- Would not he be considered Scottish, rather than Irish? Anglius