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    William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer...
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  • William, Billy or Bill Thomson may refer to: William Thomson (American soldier) (1727–1796), American militia captain in Capture of Savannah William Taylour...
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    Robert William Thomson PRSSA FRSE (29 June 1822 – 8 March 1873) was a Scottish inventor known for inventing the refillable fountain pen and the pneumatic...
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  • The vortex theory of the atom was a 19th-century attempt by William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) to explain why the atoms recently discovered by chemists...
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    Peter William Thomson AO, CBE (23 August 1929 – 20 June 2018) was an Australian professional golfer. He won the Open Championship five times between 1954...
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  • William Thomson Sloper (December 13, 1883 − May 1, 1955) was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Sloper, who was 28...
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    William Thomson, FRS, FRGS (11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890) was an English church leader, Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death. He was born...
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  • In thermodynamics, the Joule–Thomson effect (also known as the Joule–Kelvin effect or Kelvin–Joule effect) describes the temperature change of a real...
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    Lieutenant General Sir William Montgomerie Thomson KCMG CB MC (1877–1963) was a senior British Army officer who became military governor of Baku in 1918...
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    Sir William David Thomson CB (29 June 1843 – 13 November 1909) was an Irish surgeon. He was the brother-in-law of the novelist Bram Stoker. Thomson was...
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