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The Rayleigh Laboratories and equipment remain largely as they were when used by the great scientists the Third Baron Rayleigh (John William Strutt) and his son, the Fourth Baron Rayleigh (Robert John Strutt).
This unique inheritance from an earlier age provides a fascinating insight into the way that science was conducted at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries.
A half‐day meeting of the History of Physics, held at the Institute of Physics headquarters in London, will provide an opportunity to hear about these laboratories and to learn about the scientific contributions made by the Third Baron Rayleigh.
These include theoretical and experimental work in virtually every field of physics known at the time, including electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, acoustics, fluid dynamics and optics.
Many effects he discovered are known by his name; for example Rayleigh scattering, the Rayleigh‐Jeans law, the Rayleigh criterion, Rayleigh waves, Rayleigh damping etc. Surprisingly he is less well remembered for one of his greatest achievements, namely the discovery of argon for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
The venue is the Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT.
The meeting takes place on Thursday 17th July 2008 and starts at 2pm.
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2 September 2011
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