Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sir William Thompson, 1st Baron Kelvin

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Original – Sir William Thompson, Baron Kelvin, resting on a binnacle and holding a marine azimuth mirror

Reason: On a bit of a scientist kick, as you can probably tell. Or, at least, finishing long-standing restorations of scientists. I like this photo. It's dramatic, it was used in the logo of his company, and, while Kelvin's balls seem to have been removed,^[1] it's a nice picture of a binnacle and a lovely image of Lord Kelvin.
Articles in which this image appears: Lord Kelvin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: T. & R. Annan & Sons, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.6% of all FPs.} 22:15, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – hopefully they were restored at a later time! Bammesk (talk) 04:04, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:46, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:19, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Howard🌽33 13:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support, Artem.G (talk) 19:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:29, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 17:09, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin by T. & R. Annan & Sons.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:34, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Kelvin's balls" are the iron balls that are normally mounted on the "arms" of the binnacle to balance out the magnetic fields from the ship and the like. I couldn't resist.