Netherhall, home of Lord Kelvin, near Largs in Scotland, 1875-1907.

Netherhall, near Largs in Scotland, was Lord Kelvin's main home from about 1875. Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Profesor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at the University of Glasgow for 53 years. Kelvin was born William Thomson and was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. Kelvin was a pioneer of thermodynamics and electromagnetic theory. He also invented the mirror galvanometer and the siphon recorder, for sending and receiving signals, and directed work on the first succesful transatlantic cable telegraph (completed in 1866), which brought him considerable wealth. He was knighted in 1866, and created a peer, Baron Kelvin of Largs, in 1892.