X-ray photograph of the hand of William Thomson Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton
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X-ray photograph of the hand of William Thomson
X-ray image of Lord Kelvin's left hand showing its bones and a faint outline of the soft tissue of his fingers, darkening towards his hand and wrist. A signet ring with an inset stone is visible on the little finger. Signed and dated on the print, below the thumb: "Kelvin R.S. May 6/96". Inscribed in pencil verso: "Taken by A.A.Campbell Swinton at the Royal Society's Soiree held on 6 May 1896." William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, was President of the Royal Society 1890-1895.
Original: radiograph print. 1896
- Image reference: RS-9842
- The Royal Society
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