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Third Baron Rayleigh — noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842 1919) • Syn: ↑Rayleigh, ↑Lord Rayleigh, ↑John William Strutt • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist … Useful english dictionary
Baron Rayleigh — Baron Rayleigh, of Terling Place in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt, wife of Colonel Joseph Holden Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon and a member of an… … Wikipedia
Rayleigh,Third Baron — Ray·leigh (rāʹlē), Third Baron Title of John William Strutt. 1842 1919. British physicist. He won a 1904 Nobel Prize for investigating the density of gases and for discovering argon with Sir William Ramsay. * * * … Universalium
Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh — Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (28 August 1875 ndash;13 December 1947) was a British peer and the son of the famous physicist John William StruttLike his father, Robert John Strutt was also a physicist. In fact, he has followed up his… … Wikipedia
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron — ▪ British scientist born Nov. 12, 1842, Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, Eng. died June 30, 1919, Terling Place, Witham, Essex English physical scientist who made fundamental discoveries in the fields of acoustics and optics that are basic to the… … Universalium
Rayleigh — noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842 1919) • Syn: ↑Third Baron Rayleigh, ↑Lord Rayleigh, ↑John William Strutt • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist … Useful english dictionary
Rayleigh , John William Strutt — Rayleigh , John William Strutt, third baron (1842–1919) British physicist Rayleigh, born at Witham in Essex, succeeded to his father s title in 1873. He graduated in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1865 and remained at Cambridge until… … Scientists
Rayleigh–Taylor instability — The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities, which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. [citation… … Wikipedia
Baron Denman — Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman Baron Denman, of Dovedale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1834 for the prominent lawyer, judge and Whig politician Thomas Denman. He served as Lord Chief… … Wikipedia
Baron de Saumarez — James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez Baron de Saumarez, in the Island of Guernsey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 September 1831 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet. He … Wikipedia
