Kelvin (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Deriving from the River Kelvin 1.1 Places in Glasgow 1.2 Other places 2 Deriving from Lord Kelvin 2.1 In science 2.2 Places in Scotland 2.3 Other 3 People 4 See also

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:

[edit] Deriving from the River Kelvin

[edit] Places in Glasgow

• 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)

[edit] Other places

• 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, Australia

[edit] Deriving from Lord Kelvin

[edit] In science

• 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

[edit] Places in Scotland

• Kelvin, South Lanarkshire, an industrial district of East Kilbride
• Kelvin, East Dunbartonshire

[edit] Other

• 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

[edit] People

• Ray Kelvin, British businessman
• Rob Kelvin, Australian newsreader

[edit] See also

• Kelvin (given name) (disambiguation)