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Description: | makers scribe marks and Kelvin's annotations in pencil denoting the face centers etc. DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. 1887 Netherhall, Largs, Ayrshire Scotland MANU THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. 1887 These thirteen symetrical *tetrakaidekahedra* or truncated *octahedrons* were the precursors for Kelvin's "Bedspring" model. it is derived from the the close packing of layers of (dry) soap bubbles. It was use by Kelvin in his researches into light transmission through the luminiferous ether. He had conceived of the idea, by November 4, 1887. His model of the ether consists of a perfect dry foam like structure in which all the bubbles have the same volume and the minimum surface area. This model served scientists for over a hundred years until 1994 when the physicists Denis Weaire and Robert Phelan produced an asymmetrical partition space with a lower surface area based on the structures of a naturally occurring class of chemical compounds called clathrates. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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