Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Physicist
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| gptkbp:academic_advisor |
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin |
| gptkbp:alma_mater |
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Royal_Society
|
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
|
| gptkbp:birth_place |
gptkb:Langford,_Essex,_England
|
| gptkbp:born |
November 12, 1842
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:3
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
Measurement of the speed of light
Study of gases Study of fluid dynamics Study of light Study of sound Rayleigh-Jeans law Rayleigh criterion Theory of sound propagation Study of the effects of temperature on solid behavior Measurement of the speed of sound Study of the effects of pressure on liquid behavior Rayleigh scattering theory Study of heat conduction Study of the behavior of light in different media Study of the behavior of sound in different media Study of the effects of pressure on gas behavior Study of the effects of pressure on solid behavior Study of the interaction of light and matter Study of the interaction of sound and matter Study of the properties of gases Study of the properties of liquids Study of the properties of solids Theory of light propagation Thermal conductivity of gases Study of the effects of temperature on liquid behavior Study of the effects of thermal expansion on solid behavior Study of the effects of thermal conductivity on liquid behavior Study of the effects of viscosity on fluid behavior Study of the effects of thermal conductivity on gas behavior Study of the effects of thermal conductivity on solid behavior Study of the effects of surface tension on fluid behavior Study of the effects of temperature on gas behavior Study of the effects of elasticity on solid behavior |
| gptkbp:death_place |
gptkb:Terling,_Essex,_England
|
| gptkbp:died |
June 30, 1919
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| gptkbp:fellowship |
Fellow of the Royal Society
|
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:Physics
|
| gptkbp:field_of_study |
Experimental physics
|
| gptkbp:full_name |
gptkb:John_William_Strutt,_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
John William Strutt
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Albert_A._Michelson
|
| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
|
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:optics
thermodynamics acoustics Rayleigh scattering |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:British
|
| gptkbp:notable_students |
gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg |
| gptkbp:position_held |
gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Lady_Rayleigh
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:George_A._Fitzgerald
gptkb:George_Howard_Darwin |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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