Project GutenbergGlasgow, Scotland
Absolute Zero Discovery Point
On this spot Lord Kelvin discovered absolute zero
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/absolute-zero-discovery-point
Books by Lord Kelvin at PG:
dave cykl@gutenberg_org It seems some people will believe anything written on the internet …or written on a spoof sign erected by merry pranksters, of which there are quite a few around Glasgow! 😜
Unus NemoYep, just another merry prank?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
They have even fooled the NIST.
Okay, I am sorry, though I do agree with you that we should be skeptical of all information, not just that on the internet. This is not a spoof or prank it is a well documented part of history. They hide this information in books. Check out Project Gutenberg for a lot of them that you may find enlightening.
@unusnemo @gutenberg_org •Of course• Kelvin (River), Kelvin (Lord) and kelvin exist, but the “Absolute Zero Discovery Point” sign is a prank, although erected only a few hundred metres from the University of Glasgow campus itself.
(I have drunk in the coffee shop opposite which provided much better fluids for intellectual inspiration than the chilly waters of the Kelvin!)
There are numerous similar “official looking” signs around Glasgow which are very well known to local people 😉
So what are you actually disputing, that Lord Kelvin (William Thomas) the British mathematician calculated absolute zero or that it happened in Glasgow? All historical documentation suggests this is true. Please share the evidence that you have that either are false or both. Or am I missing your point altogether?
@unusnemo @gutenberg_org I’m referring to the “Absolute Zero Discovery Point” sign that was highlighted in PG’s original post. You presumably didn’t read the linked article?
Its story about Kelvin falling in the Kelvin and becoming “the coldest thing in the entire universe” is a lighthearted joke.
As I mentioned in my previous comment, the thinking and research will have been done nearby, however (or possibly not quite so very nearby as the Gilmorehill campus was not built until later).