Scientific Papers

John William Strutt

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511703997

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Volume 4: 1892–1901
John William Strutt

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: July 2011
Print publication year:: 2009
First published in:: 1903
Online ISBN:: 9780511703997
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511703997

Subjects:: Mathematics (general), Physics and Astronomy, Mathematical Methods, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics

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This volume of Lord Rayleigh's collected papers begins with a brief 1892 piece in which the author addresses the troubling discrepancies between the apparent density of nitrogen derived from different sources. Intrigued by this anomaly and by earlier observations by Cavendish, Rayleigh investigated whether it might be due to a previously undiscovered atmospheric constituent. This led to Rayleigh's discovery of the chemically inert element, argon, to his 1904 Nobel Prize in physics, and to the discovery of all the 'rare' gases. Debate over the nature of Roentgen rays, is reflected in a short 1898 paper, written in the wake of their discovery. 1900 saw a key contribution, the elegant description of the distribution of longer wavelengths in blackbody radiation. Now known as the Rayleigh–Jeans' Law, this complemented Wien's equation describing the shorter wavelengths. Planck's law combined these, in a crucial step toward the eventual development of quantum mechanics.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-xiv

ART. 197 - Density of Nitrogen
pp 1-2

ART. 198 - On the Intensity of Light reflected from Water and Mercury at nearly Perpendicular Incidence
pp 3-14

ART. 199 - On the Interference Bands of Approximately Homogeneous Light; in a Letter to Prof. A. Michelson
pp 15-18

ART. 200 - On the Influence of Obstacles arranged in Rectangular Order upon the Properties of a Medium
pp 19-38

ART. 201 - On the Densities of the Principal Gases
pp 39-53

ART. 202 - Interference Bands and their Applications
pp 54-59

ART. 203 - On the Theory of Stellar Scintillation
pp 60-72

ART. 204 - Astronomical Photography
pp 73-73

ART. 205 - Grinding and Polishing of Glass Surfaces
pp 74-74

ART. 206 - On the Reflection of Sound or Light from a Corrugated Surface
pp 75-75

ART. 207 - On a Simple Interference Arrangement
pp 76-77

ART. 208 - On the Flow of Viscous Liquids, especially in Two Dimensions
pp 78-93

ART. 209 - The Scientific Work of Tyndall
pp 94-103

ART. 210 - On an Anomaly encountered in Determinations of the Density of Nitrogen Gas
pp 104-108

ART. 211 - On the Minimum Current audible in the Telephone
pp 109-118

ART. 212 - An Attempt at a Quantitative Theory of the Telephone
pp 119-124

ART. 213 - On the Amplitude of Aerial Waves which are but just Audible
pp 125-129

ART. 214 - Argon, a New Constituent of the Atmosphere. By LORD RAYLEIGH, Sec. R.S., and PROFESSOR WILLIAM RAMSAY, F.R.S.
pp 130-187

ART. 215 - Argon
pp 188-202

ART. 216 - On the Stability or Instability of Certain Fluid Motions. III
pp 203-209

ART. 217 - On the Propagation of Waves upon the Plane Surface separating Two Portions of Fluid of Different Vorticities
pp 210-214

ART. 218 - On some Physical Properties of Argon and Helium
pp 215-224

ART. 219 - On the Amount of Argon and Helium contained in the Gas from the Bath Springs
pp 225-225

ART. 220 - The Reproduction of Diffraction Gratings
pp 226-231

ART. 221 - The Electrical Resistance of Alloys
pp 232-234

ART. 222 - On the Theory of Optical Images, with Special Reference to the Microscope
pp 235-260

ART. 223 - Theoretical Considerations respecting the Separation of Gases by Diffusion and Similar Processes
pp 261-266

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