Physics professors are well-acquainted with the accomplishments of Kelvin in physics. They are also aware that he was involved with the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable. But they are usually unaware about the details of his involvement with the cable.

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http://www.porthcurno.org.uk/html/object15.html.
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H.I. Sharlin and T. Sharlin, Lord Kelvin: The Dynamic Victorian (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, 1979).
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S.P. Thompson, The Life of Lord Kelvin (Chelsea Publishing Co., London, 1976).
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A.P. Young, Lord Kelvin, Physicist, Mathematician, Engineer (Longmans Green and Co., London, 1945).
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