Robert John Strutt Rayleigh collection, 1899-1976.

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Robert John Strutt Rayleigh collection, 1899-1976.

This collection contains materials pertaining to the professional career of Robert John Strutt, Fourth Baron Rayleigh and his father John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh. Twenty-two original notebooks contain the complete collection of Robert John Strutt's notes and calculations pertaining to his scientific papers. There are also copies of the Fourth Baron Rayleigh's published scientific papers, publications by or about him containing summaries and abstracts of his scientific writings and a biography Strutt wrote of his father, John William Strutt. Also within this collection are the publications and manuscripts of the Third Baron Rayleigh and, finally, 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

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Rayleigh, Robert John Strutt, baron, 1875-1947

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Physicist (atmospheric optics). On the physics faculty at Imperial College, London (1908-1919). Died 1947. From the description of Papers, 1904-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79894807 From the description of Typescript notes found interleaved in his personal copy of the 1924 edition of his biography of his father "Life of Lord Rayleigh," and abstracts of some of RJS's scientific writings, [ca. 1945]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028130 Physicist (atmospher...