John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (/ˈreɪli/ RAY-lee; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919), was a British physicist and hereditary peer who received...
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Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh FRS (28 August 1875 – 13 December 1947) was a British peer and physicist. He discovered "active nitrogen" and was...
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Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh (1758–1836) John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh (1796–1873) John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919)...
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and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton; and Nobel Laureates Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. The 2011 election for...
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Gaussian function Electromagnetic wave equation John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh Depth of field Siegman, A. E. (1986). Lasers...
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marshal, a founder of the Imperial Japanese Army (d. 1916) John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) November...
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François van Rysselberghe Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Bob Simpson John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh George James Symons Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Tetsu Tamura Reed...
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President of the Greenwich Naval College and Admiral of the Fleet. John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Nobel Prize–winning physicist for the discovery of argon,...
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interface between two fluids Baron Rayleigh Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist, winner of...
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Frederic Wilkins Rayleigh scattering, form of Elastic scattering discovered – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh Seismograph – John Milne Sinclair...
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born in India, Literature, 1907 J. J. Thomson, Physics, 1906 John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Physics, 1904 William Ramsay, Chemistry, 1904 William Randal...
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the Barons Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919), physicist and Nobel Prize winner John Arthur Strutt, 5th Baron Rayleigh (1908–1988)...
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Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was a British physicist and mathematician who is the source of...
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Christopher Guest (redirect from Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest)
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian...
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oldest son of John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton and Daphne Strutt, daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, he was educated at St George's College in Salisbury...
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(1726–1797), hosier and cotton spinner John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919), English physicist Joseph Strutt (engraver and antiquary) (1749–1802)...
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co-founded the surveyors and land agents Strutt & Parker. Fifth son of John James Strutt, second Baron Rayleigh, he was born at the family estate, Terling...
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Hermann von Helmholtz 1889 (1889): Dmitri Mendeleev 1895 (1895): John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 1904 (1904): Wilhelm Ostwald 1911 (1911): Theodore William...
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John Jacob "Johnny" Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever (born 16 June 1946), is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family. He sat in...
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Cambridge. British History Online. Retrieved on 30 July 2012. John Lamb (1831). "IV: John de Neketon D.D.". Masters' History of the College of Corpus Christi...
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Cambridge Apostles, an elite, intellectual secret society. In 2011, the John Templeton Foundation awarded Trinity College's Master, the astrophysicist...
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William Paley, Morris Pell, John Polkinghorne, Frank Ramsey, Lord Rayleigh (John Strutt), Sir George Stokes, Isaac Todhunter, Sir Gilbert Walker, and James...
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British Army officer, governor of Quebec John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, "Lord Rayleigh", British mathematician/physicist This disambiguation page...
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Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford 4 September 1873 – 1892 John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 2 February 1892 – 1 August 1901 Francis Greville, 5th Earl...
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situated in the western half. Rayleigh was named for John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by...
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Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, KBE, PC (born 28 October 1950) is a British peer and UK Independence Party politician. Hesketh succeeded...
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units are named after John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. They are not to be confused with the unit of photon flux, the rayleigh. When sound waves pass...
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phenomenon Rayleigh scattering (which can be used to explain why the sky is blue), and prediction of the existence of surface waves by John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh...
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November 1928 by Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (son of the Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh). Pupils had to pay for the...
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Duke of Leinster (redirect from 3rd baron of Offaly)
"Up Croom", or "Croom to victory". Irish nobility Baron Offaly Baron Lecale Baron Rayleigh Baron de Ros Earl of Desmond Collins, Arthur (1 January 1779)...
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