John William Strutt Rayleigh collection, 1865-1976.

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John William Strutt Rayleigh collection, 1865-1976.

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This collection contains materials pertaining to the professional career of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh, and his son, Robert John Strutt, Fourth Baron Rayleigh. There is a complete set of John William Strutt's experimental notebooks that pertain to his scientific papers and other topics he researched. Published scientific papers written by Lord Rayleigh regarding light, waves, currents, and acoustics are also included. Additionally, the collection contains rough notes and calculations pertaining to Strutt's scientific papers; copies of scientific correspondence written to and from Lord Rayleigh; and correspondence between Lord Rayleigh and Lord Ramsay regarding their research and discovery of Argon. There is also a series of unpublished notes, calculations, and lectures written by Lord Rayleigh within the collection. Finally, there are numerous letters and papers, most of which were written by or to John Howard, Chief Scientist at AFCRL, regarding the Rayleigh Collection and dedication of the collection at AFCRL.

33 linear feet

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7583544

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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Rayleigh, John William Strutt, baron, 1842-1919

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John William Strutt, the Third Baron Rayleigh, an English physicist, was born in Terling, Essex, in 1842. He attended Cambridge University and in 1879 became professor of experimental physics there and director of its Cavendish Laboratory until 1884. He later was on the faculty at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, became chancellor of Cambridge University, and was a founder of the National Physics Laboratory in Teddington, England. Strutt, who with Lord William Ramsey, discovered the first...