William Rankine

William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS
William John Macquorn Rankine
Kamundagan	(1820-07-05)5 Hulyo 1820 Edinburgh, Scotland
Kagadanan	24 Desyembre 1872(1872-12-24) (edad 52) Glasgow, Scotland
Nasyunalidad	Scottish
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Midbid bilang	Rankine body Rankine half body Rankine cycle Rankine's method Rankine scale Rankine theory Rankine vortex Rankine–Hugoniot relation Laws of thermodynamics Second law of thermodynamics Entropy Heat death of the universe Kelvin’s heat death paradox Coining the term 'potential energy'
Mga gawad	Keith Medal (1854)
Karera sa siyensya
Lado	Physics, engineering, civil engineering
Institusyon	University of Glasgow
Naimpluwensiyahan	Pierre Duhem

Si William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (/ˈræŋkɪn/; Hulyo 5, 1820 – Desyembre 24 1872) iyo an Scottish mechanical engineer na nagkontribwir man sa civil engineering, physics asin mathematics. Siya an kagmukna na nagkontribwir kaiba si Rudolf Clausius asin William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), sa siyensya kan thermodynamics, urog na sa pagpokus sa saiyang Enot na Ley. Pina-urog niya an Rankine scale, sarong nakabase sa Fahrenheit na katumbas kan nakabase sa Celsius na Kelvin scale kan temperatura.