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Kelvin and piezoelectricity

This paper presents a résumé of the history of piezoelectricity during the 19th and 20th centuries. By examining the experiments, concepts and theories presented in Lord Kelvin’s scientific communications and those of his contemporaries, this paper aims to show that he played an important role in the development of piezoelectricity. Kelvin’s contribution was that he produced the measurement instrumentation that led to the discovery of piezoelectricity and laid some of the essential theoretical groundwork that led to the important applications of piezoelectricity in the 20th century.