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Discovery of Kelvin Scale

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1848Date range
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Chronological records

1848

William Thomson Kelvin, 1st1848

Science / Physics

Proposes the absolute Kelvin scale for measuring temperature

Names involved

William Thomson Kelvin, 1st

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