Thomson
['tɒmsən] or ['tɑmsən]
Definition
(noun.) English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940).
(noun.) English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975).
(noun.) United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937).
(noun.) United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989).
Typist: Shelby--From WordNet
Examples
- I used also, sometimes, a little prayer which I took from Thomson's Poems, viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thomson and his school were studying the constitution of the atom from another standpoint but with somewhat similar results. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the early part of 1881 there was sent from Paris to Glasgow a so-called box of electric energy for inspection and test by Sir William Thomson, the eminent electrician. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thomson's Seasons, Hayley's Cowper, Middleton's Cicero, were by far the lightest, newest, and most amusing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There was the Thomson reflecting mirror galvanometer and electrometer, while nearby were the standard cells by which the galvanometers were adjusted and standardized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This man was Robert William Thomson, a civil engineer of Adelphi, Middlesex county, England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- See on this subject the Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, (a most beautiful volume), by Richard Thomson. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thomson as to the arrangement of corpuscles within the atom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This was introduced by Elihu Thomson, and is covered in his patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Speaking of this situation, Mr. Edison says: One day Frank Thomson, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, came out to see the electric light and the electric railway in operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The ideas of William Thomson as to pneumatic and cushioned tires are now, after a lapse of fifty years, generally adopted. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Thomson made the objection that it was impracticable, and that it would be impossible to supplant steam. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When Sir William Thomson (Kelvin) came in the room, he was introduced to me, and had a number of friends with him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thomson, and concurred in by the other eminent judges from America, Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The inventor, Sir William Thomson, was at hand to provide the remedy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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