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Statue of Lord Kelvin

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Kelvin Way, Glasgow G11 6PB, United Kingdom

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T. J.

A great tribute to a great scientist. Also slightly amusing that we caught him with his new hat on thanks to, what I am assuming, some drunken new students :)

m.

This monument stands in tribute to one of Scotland's greatest scientists, Sir William Thomson, the 1st Baron Kelvin. The bronze sculpture was made by Archibald MacFarlane Shannon. The monument depicts Lord Kelvin as an elderly gentleman. He is seated on a chair wearing academic robes, reading a manuscript held in his right hand, while his left is holding on to his robe and gives the appearance of Lord Kelvin about to give a speech or lecture. I still remember much of his work from my school physics days as the man who made substantial contributions to physics and the field of thermodynamics. Although I most vividly remember him for the Kelvin Scale.

V.

A nice statue in a nice park, overlooked by Glasgow University. Lord Kelvin was a great engineer and mathematician born in Belfast to Scottish parents. He worked in a laboratory at Glasgow University near the river Kelvin and from the river came the Kelvin name of his title, he was born William Thomson. He was famed in his day and knighted by Queen Victoria for his work on the undersea telegram cable between the USA and UK among other notable achievements. His name is perhaps best known today from the Kelvin temperature scale, named in his honour.

T. M.

A fitting tribute to one of Scotlands greatest scientists is the statue of Lord Kelvin looking over the park named after him , the cone though is a recent Glaswegian addition

C. P.

A statue of Load Kelvin, a prominent Scottish scientist. Since when, a cone has been put over the head and it has been maintaining that shape for a long time.

K. G.

The artisan genius of the sculptor, perfectly captures the character of Lord Kelvin, the elder statesman, deep in thought, on the cusp of a new breakthrough. The sombreness of his robes, the heaviness of the chair on which he sits, and the weight of the almost hidden books, and scientific implements, which support its structure, speak of the long, dedicated years of his toiling, and the gravity of the task, which his life-work entailed. It is they, which are representative, of those academic years, long past; while presently replacing the tome of his thesis, is the simplicity of the notebook, on which he now writes. His relaxed, yet confident posture, and the suddenness of his uncovered shoe, lends movement to the statue. Captured in a still, quiet moment in time, we see him on the verge of a new beginning. We sense that, he has discovered the formula, of a hitherto unsolved equation, and in his urgency, he now needs, must get out of, this heavy chair, and begin walking onwards, towards something, or somewhere else. The peacefulness of the grove which the statue occupies, allows the genius that is Kelvin, and the banal spectator that is me, to transcend time, to connect, reflect and ponder.

S. C.

Close to the River Kelvin and part of Kelvingrove Park in West Glasgow, the statue is dedicated to perhaps the most famous professor ever at Glagow University, physicist Lord Kelvin. Frequently, a traffic cone rests on Kelvin's head. It's a short way on Kelvin Way to the world class Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

T. K.

Die Statue wird nicht ausreichend gewürdigt. Der Zaun ist verrostet. Zudem fehlt eine Informationstafel oder ähnliches. (Translated) The statue is not given enough credit. The fence is rusted. In addition, there is no information board or the like.

F. E.

(Translated) Statue of Lord Kelvin with his traffic cone in Kelvingrove Park and, in the distance, the museum. (Original) Statue de Lord Kelvin avec son cône de signalisation dans Kelvingrove Park et, au loin, le musée.

A. Z.

(Translated) the cone theme is typical of Glasgow. that's how I understood it) (Original) тема з конусами типова для Глазго. я так зрозумів )

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