Re: [Phys-l] A guy called Rayleigh

[E Muehleisen <ironmill@hotmail.com>]

Since my mate from Oz decided to comment on Lord Rayleigh, I would like to note that I used Lissajou figures to determine the thermal diffusivity of some materials employed in casting of metals. I do thank him for the technique.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful!



> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:00:17 +1100
> From: bill.rachinger@sci.monash.edu.au
> To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> Subject: [Phys-l] A guy called Rayleigh
>
> John Denker wrote:
> There is a book called _The Theory of Sound_ by some guy named
> Rayleigh. 
> This guy, /inter alia/, scored a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904. His name was John William Strutt (third Baron Rayleigh). A brief biography is to be found at http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1904/strutt-bio.html
> but googling Lord Rayleigh will score some 226K hits.
> Bill Rachinger
> School of Physics
> Monash University
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