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Rayleigh, Lord

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Physicist, was senior wrangler at Cambridge; is professor of Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution; author of "The Theory of Sound"; discovered, along with Professor Ramsay, "argon" in the atmosphere; b . 1842.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rayleigh, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/rayleigh-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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