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Definition of John William Strutt
1. Noun. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919).
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Literary usage of John William Strutt
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1. First Principles of Physics by Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute (1912)
"Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) was born at Essex in 1842, and graduated from
Cambridge University in 1865. In 1884 he was appointed professor of ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"John William Strutt, MA Henry Woodward, FGS James Young, FCS On the Foreign List.
Baron Jean Baptiste Julien D'Omalius d'Halloy. Georg Adolph Erman. ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"The death of John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh, closes the roll of the
... John William Strutt was born at Langford Green in Essex on the 12th of ..."
4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1869)
"... of Northumberland ; William Frederick Pollock. Esq., MA ; Robert P. Roupell,
Esq., MA, QC : the Hon. John William Strutt ; Colonel Philip James Yorke, ..."
5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"... [John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh]. Spectroscopic Notes concerning the
Gases of the Atmosphere. [Presence of hydrogen argon and helium i» the ..."