Lord Rayleigh

In the last decade of the 19th century he and the famous physicist Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 1842 – 1919) — already known for his work on sound, light, and other electromagnetic radiation — carried out separate investigations, for which they received Nobel Prizes in 1904, Ramsay in chemistry and Lord Rayleigh in physics.

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To add insult to injury, in Sir Horace Lamb's classic tome _Hydrodynamics_, Kelvin is referenced either by himself or with his co-author P.G. Tait more often than any other scientist save one, Lord Rayleigh.

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The worthy chief of the government must be gratified at the success of his wise policy in encouraging this movement, which could not fail to be of great profit to Canadians, and he felt sure that no vote would be more heartily given than the vote of thanks to Lord Rayleigh, which he had much pleasure in seconding.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

Association took place in the same hall, when the representative of the retiring president resigned the presidential office, which was assumed by the new president, Lord Rayleigh.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

It remains for me only to fulfil the commission which Professor Cayley has entrusted to me of expressing his great regret that his engagements in England prevented his being with us, and in his name to vacate the chair of president of the Association and to ask Lord Rayleigh to take his place as President for 1884.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

He was glad to see that Lord Rayleigh did not hold extreme views as to the elimination of classical studies from our schools, for he believed that in those stores of antiquity our modern mind found a great deal of its strength, and were this study abolished our mental grasp and vigour would be greatly lessened.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

President elect, Lord Rayleigh, one of the most solid exponents of

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

Cayley, the president of the British Association, to do what I wish he were here to do himself, and which it would have been a well-earned pleasure for him to do -- to introduce to you Lord Rayleigh as his successor in the office of President of the British Association.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

The occasion, Lord Rayleigh, is the first upon which the

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh

I believe, Lord Rayleigh, that your visit will be fraught with far reaching advantages both to hosts and guests.

The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters Clara Rayleigh