See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

STRUTT See also:

• JOHN WILLIAM STRUTT RAYLEIGH

RAYLEIGH  , 3rd See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron (1842- ), See also:

• ENGLISH

English physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1842, being the son of the 2nd baron.' Going to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, he graduated as See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior wrangler in 1865, and obtained the first See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith's See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the See also:

• YEAR

year, the second being gained by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall . He married in 1871 a See also:

• SISTER

sister of Mr A . J . See also:

• BALFOUR, FRANCIS MAITLAND (1851-1882)
• BALFOUR, ROBERT (known also as BALFOREUS) (1550?-1625?)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES, BART

Balfour, and succeeded to the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in 18?3 . From 1879 to 1884 he was See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish professor of experimental physics in the university of Cambridge, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Clerk See also:

• MAXWELL
• MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK (1831–1879)

Maxwell; and in 1887 he accepted the See also:

• POST

post of professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at the Royal Institution of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, which he resigned in 1905 . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early mathematical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical papers, written under the name of J . W . See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt, made him known over See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; and his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers rapidly matured until, at the See also:

• DEATH

death of Clerk Maxwell, he stood at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• BRITISH

British physicists, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STOKES, SIR G
• STOKES, SIR GEORGE GABRIEL, BART
• STOKES, WHITLEY (1830-1909)

Stokes and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• KELVIN, WILLIAM THOMSON, BARON (1824-1907)

Kelvin alone excepted . The See also:

• SPECIAL

special feature of his See also:

• WORK

work is its extreme accuracy and definiteness; he combines the highest mathematical acumen with refinement of experimental skill, so that the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of ranking him as higher in one See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department than another does not arise . His experimental investigations are carried out with See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and usually See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home-made apparatus, the accessories being crude and rough, but the essentials thought-fully designed so as to See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass in the simplest and most perfect manner the special end in view . A great See also:

• PART

part of his theoretical work consists in resurveying things supposed superficially to be already known, and elaborating their theory into precision and completeness . In this way he has gone over a great portion of the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of physics, and in many cases has either said the last word for the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time being, or else started new and fruitful developments .

Possessing an immense range of knowledge, he has filled up lacunae in nearly every part of physics, by experiment, by calculation, and by clear accurate thought . The following branches have especially See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence: chemical physics, capillarity and viscosity, theory of gases, flow of liquids, See also:

• PHOTOGRAPHY (Gr. bias, light, and ypa w, to write)
• PHOTOGRAPHY, CELESTIAL

photography, See also:

• OPTICS

optics, See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision, See also:

• WAVE

wave theory, electric and magnetic problems, See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical measurements, See also:

• ELASTICITY

elasticity, See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound and See also:

• HYDRODYNAMICS (Gr. Scot)

hydrodynamics . The numerous scientific See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs in which his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original work is set forth were collected under his own editorship in four large volumes, the last of which was published in 1903 . His most extensive single work is a See also:

• BOOK

book on Sound, which, in the second edition, has become a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on vibrations in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . His familiarity with the methods of mathematical See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis and a certain refinement of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste in their application have resulted in great beauty of See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . His papers are often difficult to read, but never diffuse or tedious; his mathematical treatment is never needlessly abstruse, for when his analysis is complicated it is only so because the subject-See also:

• MATTER

matter is complicated . Of discoveries superficially sensational there are few or none to See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record, and the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his work is for the most part to be appreciated only by professed physicists . One remarkable See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, however, of general See also:

• INTEREST

interest, was the outcome of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of delicate weighings and See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute experimental care in the determination of the relative See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of See also:

• NITROGEN [symbol N., atomic weight 14.01, 0=16]

nitrogen See also:

• GAS

gas—undertaken in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to determine the atomic weight of nitrogen—namely, the discovery of See also:

• ARGON (from the Gr. 6.-, privative, and Epyov, work; hence meaning " inert ")

argon, the first of a series of new substances, chemically inert, which occur, some only in excessively minute quantities, as constituents of the 1 The See also:

• BARONY

barony was created at George IV.'s See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation in 1821 for the wife of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• HOLDEN, HUBERT ASHTON (1822-1896)
• HOLDEN, SIR ISAAC, BART

Holden Strutt, M.P. for See also:

• MALDON

Maldon (1790-1826) and See also:

• OKEHAMPTON

Okehampton (1826-183o), who had done great service during the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War as See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the Essex See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . He died in 1845, his wife, the baroness, predeceasing him in 1836 . Their son (d . 1873) was the 2nd baron .