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Lord Rayleigh

noun
1.
English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919).  Synonyms: John William Strutt, Rayleigh, Third Baron Rayleigh.





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... in the heavens was at last detected on earth. In April, 1895, Professor Ramsay, who with Lord Rayleigh had discovered the new element argon, detected the presence of the famous helium line in the spectrum of the gas liberated by heating the rare mineral known as cleveite, found in Norway. Thus this element, ...
— The Story of the Heavens • Robert Stawell Ball


Words linked to "Lord Rayleigh" :   physicist, Third Baron Rayleigh


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