- Kelvin (disambiguation)
Kelvin can refer to the
River Kelvin , a river in the Scottish city of Glasgow.The physicist and engineer
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin adopted the name of the river on his enoblement; it flows past the University of Glasgow, where Thomson worked.Kelvin can also refer to:
Deriving from the River Kelvin
Places in Glasgow
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Kelvindale
*Kelvinside
*North Kelvinside
*Outer Kelvinside
*Kelvingrove Park , a large public park in Glasgow
*Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum , a large museum in Kelvingrove Park
*Kelvin Aqueduct
*Kelvin Hall , an international boxing and athletics venue, next to Kelvingrove Park
*Kelvinbridge , a bridge over the river (and a stop on the Glasgow Subway)
*Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)
*Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency) Other places
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Kelvin Grove, Calgary , Canada
*Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North , New Zealand
*Kelvin Grove, Queensland , Australia
*Kelvin Grove State College , Queensland, Australia
*Kelvin Grove Teachers College , Queensland, Australia
*QUT Kelvin Grove Busway Station, Brisbane , AustraliaDeriving from Lord Kelvin
In science
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Kelvin , a unit of temperature
*Kelvin bridge
*Kelvin Gold Medal
*Kelvin's circulation theorem
*Kelvin equation
*Kelvin functions
*Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
*Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism
*Kelvin-Voigt material
*Kelvin wave
*Kelvin probe force microscope Places in Scotland
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Kelvin, South Lanarkshire , an industrial district of East Kilbride
*Kelvin, East Dunbartonshire Other
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Kelvin Central Buses , Scottish transport company
*Kelvin Diesels , a manufacturer of marine diesel engines, based in Glasgow
*Kelvin Hughes , Scottish marine systems company
*Kelvin Scottish , Scottish transport company
*HMS Kelvin People
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Ray Kelvin , British businessman
*Rob Kelvin , Australian newsreaderSee also
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Kelvin (given name) (disambiguation)
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