CHAPTER XXV

VIEWS AND OPINIONS

Religious Beliefs, 1086; Views on Life, 1092; Sir Edward Fry's

Reminiscences of Visits to Netherhall, 1095; The Henslow

Lectures, 1097; Spiritualism, 1104; Vivisection, 1105; Aversion

from Controversy, 1108; His Humour, 1110; Love of Music,

1110; Precision in Language, 1117; Dr. Hutchison's Reminis-

cences, 1121; Metaphysics, 1124; Politics, 1128; On University

Organization, 1131; Changes in the Tripos, 1132; On Mathe-

matics, 1133; Newton and Kelvin, 1145

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CHAPTER XXVI

THE CLOSING YEARS

Phosphorescence, 1147; The End of the Century, 1150; Royal

Institution Discourse on Clouds over Dynamical Theory, 1152;

Mastership of the Clothworkers' Company, 1154; Firm of Kelvin

and James White, Ltd., 1155; The James Watt Oration, 1158;

B.A. at Glasgow, 1160; Death of Tait, 1163; Visit to United

States, 1164; Privy Counsellor, 1169; Order of Merit, 1170;

Death of Stokes, 1173; Honorary Degrees at London University,

1175; and at the University of Wales, 1179; Chancellor of Glas-

gow University, 1181; Eightieth Birthday, 1181; B.A. at Cam-

bridge, 1182; Undergoes an Operation, 1187; Unveils Faraday

Memorial, 1191; Presidency of Institution of Electrical Engineers,

1195; B.A. at Leicester, 1200; Illness of Lady Kelvin, 1202;

Letters to Mascart, 1204; Last Illness and Death, 1208;

Funeral in Westminster Abbey, 1209

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1902.

OF

WILLIAM THOMSON

BARON KELVIN OF LARGS

BY

SILVANUS P. THOMPSON

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