Kelvin lives on
Giles Harrison · Physics World · 2003
Mark McCartney's article on William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) overlooks the fact that Kelvin also made an important contribution to atmospheric physics (December 2002 pp25–29). Kelvin invented the water-dropper potential equalizer, which he used to measure short-term changes in the atmospheric electric field. This led to his suggestion that weather forecasting would ultimately require the use of electrometers.