Author:John William Strutt
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British physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also 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 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "R." — Excerpted from John William Strutt on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Works [edit]
Contributions to 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica [edit]
- “Argon” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
- “Diffraction of Light” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
- “Interference of Light” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
Articles in Popular Science Monthly [edit]
- “The Recent Progress of Physical Science,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 25, October 1884
- “The Scientific Work of Tyndall,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 46, March 1895
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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923.
The author died in 1919, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. |
