Author:John William Strutt

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John William Strutt
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3rd Baron Rayleigh; British physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904; discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering, explaining why the sky is blue, and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "R."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "R."

Works edit

The Theory of Sound (1877) (transcription project)
Scientific papers (Vol. 1: 1869-1881)
Does Motion through the Aether cause Double Refraction? (1902)

Contributions to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica edit

"Argon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Capillary Action," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Diffraction of Light," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Interference of Light," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Sky," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly edit

Works about Strutt edit

"Strutt, John William, 3rd Baron Rayleigh," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Strutt, John William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement, London: Oxford University Press (1927)
"Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

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