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William Thomas was elected to become the head of the natural phylosophy department, later known as physics, at the University of Glasgow.

William Thomas first learned of "Joule's Theory about the interconvertability of heat and motion at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science."

Lord Kelvin developed "the absolute temperature scale" which is known as Kelvins.

Absolute Zero?

Absolute Zero is the coldest temperature that it can get. It also happens to be 0 Kelvin.

kel·vin

1. A unit of absolute temperature equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of water. One kelvin degree is equal to one Celsius degree. See table at measurement.
2. Kelvin A temperature scale in which zero occurs at absolute zero and each degree equals one kelvin. Water freezes at 273.15 K and boils at 373.15 K.