Statue of Lord Kelvin — Attraction in Scotland

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,...

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...

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...