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Hace 1 día · The department would go on to produce such luminaries as William John Macquorn Rankine, one of the founders of the science of thermodynamics. The university was also home to pioneering advancements in the humanities. The appointment of the Reverend John Stuart Blackie as Professor of Greek in 1852 helped revitalize the teaching of the classics.
Hace 2 días · Thomson also formulated the heat death paradox (Kelvin's paradox) in 1862, which uses the second law of thermodynamics to disprove the possibility of an infinitely old universe; this paradox was later extended by William Rankine.
Hace 4 días · In 1921 it was estimated that construction of St John the Divine would take 700 YEARS. A look at the plans that never came to be in this NYC That Never Was.
Hace 3 días · Las más comunes suelen ser la Celsius del sistema métrico y la Farenheit. Ambas fueron creadas originalmente para medir la temperatura, pero también están las escalas Kelvin y Rankine, creadas específicamente para una escala de temperatura termodinámica. Actualmente, ya se utilizan para medición de temperatura.
Hace 11 horas · History Early history Robert Rollock, Regent (1583–1586) and first principal (1586–1599) of the University of Edinburgh In 1557, Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney made a will containing an endowment of 8,000 merks to build a college in Edinburgh. Unusually for his time, Reid's vision included the teaching of rhetoric and poetry, alongside more traditional subjects such as ...
Hace 4 días · Уильям Джон Макуорн Ранкин (англ. William John Macquorn Rankine) родился 5 июля 1820 года в Эдинбурге, в семье инженера. С 1836 года по 1838 год Уильям учился в Эдинбургском институте. За эти годы он получает золотую медаль за очерк по относительной ...
Hace 1 día · CHAPTER II. The Lords of Cardiff. ROBERT FITZ HAMON — 1093—1107. ROBERT CONSUL — 1118 (or earlier)—1147. WILLIAM, EARL OF GLOUCESTER — 1147—1183. JOHN, EARL OF MORTAINE (afterwards King) — 1189–1214. GEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE, EARL OF ESSEX AND GLOUCESTER, and his COUNTESS, ISABEL— 1214 — 1217.
