Lindsay / Ter Haar Men of Physics Lord Rayleigh-The Man and His Work

The Commonwealth and International Library: Selected Readings in Physics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4677-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Web PDF

Men of Physics: Lord Rayleigh-The Man and His Work presents an appraisal of the significance of Rayleigh's scientific work, together with extracts from his published papers. The book starts by providing a biographical sketch of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919). The text then discusses Lord Rayleigh's contributions to science, including the physical phenomena, optical instruments, electrical standards, and the theory of relativity. Selections from Rayleigh's scientific papers, which are included in the book, are also considered. These selections include papers about the theory of resonance; the intensity and polarization of the scattered light; the manufacture and theory of diffraction-gratings; and the binaural effect. Other selected papers include those about the application of the principle of reciprocity to acoustics; the stability of fluid flow; the Rayleigh disk; and acoustic streaming. The study of surface waves in elastic solids; the discovery and isolation of argon; sound propagation; and electromagnetic radiation are the other topics included in the selection of papers in the book. Physicists will find the book invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindsay, Robert Bruce

Ter Haar, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Men of Physics Lord Rayleigh–The Man and His Work
;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;PART I;10
6.1;Chapter 1. Biographical Sketch of John William Strutt, Third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919);12
7;PART II;22
7.1;Chapter 2. Lord Rayleigh's Contributions to Science;24
7.1.1;Introduction;24
7.1.2;Early Work;25
7.1.3;Interest in Psychical Phenomena;28
7.1.4;Optical Instruments and the Laboratory at Terling;29
7.1.5;The Cambridge Period and Work on Electrical Standards;30
7.1.6;Work at Terling in the Eighties. Electromagnetic Theory, Black Body Radiation and Intimations of Twentieth-century Physics
;32
7.1.7;The Discovery of Argon;34
7.1.8;Further Work in Light and Sound;38
7.1.9;Rayleigh and Modern Physics;39
7.1.10;Rayleigh and Relativity;42
7.1.11;The Later Years;43
7.1.12;General Comments. Rayleigh's Style;46
8;Bibliography of the Writings of Lord Rayleigh;47
9;PART III: SELECTIONS FROM RAYLEIGH'S SCIENTIFIC PAPERS;82
9.1;Chapter 3. On the Theory of Resonance (1870);84
9.1.1;Editorial Preface;84
9.1.2;Introduction;84
9.1.3;Part I;89
9.1.4;Editorial comment;93
9.2;Chapter 4. On the Light from the Sky, its Polarization and Colour (1871);94
9.2.1;Editorial Preface;94
9.2.2;Editorial Conclusion;101
9.3;Chapter 5. On the Manufacture and Theory of Diffraction-Gratings (1874);102
9.3.1;Editorial Preface;102
9.4;Chapter 6. Our Perception of the Direction of a Source of Sound (1876);109
9.4.1;Editorial Preface;109
9.5;Chapter 7. On the Application of the Principle of Reciprocity to Acoustics (1876);113
9.5.1;Editorial Preface;113
9.6;Chapter 8. On the Stability, or Instability, of Certain Fluid Motions (1880);120
9.6.1;Editorial Introduction;120
9.6.2;Editorial Comment;124
9.7;Chapter 9. Address to the Mathematical and Physical Science Section of the British Association (1882);125
9.7.1;Editorial Preface;125
9.8;Chapter 10. On an Instrument Capable of Measuring the Intensity of Aerial Vibrations (1882);134
9.8.1;Editorial Preface;134
9.9;Chapter 11. On the Circulation of Air Observed in Kundt's Tubes, and on Some Allied Acoustical Problems (1883);136
9.9.1;Editorial Preface;136
9.10;Chapter 12. Presidential Address to the British Association's Montreal Meeting (1884);147
9.10.1;Editorial Preface;147
9.11;Chapter 13. On Waves Propagated Along the Plane Surface of an Elastic Solid (1885);164
9.11.1;Editorial Preface;164
9.12;Chapter 14. On the Physics of Media that are Composed of Free and Perfectly Elastic Molecules in a State of Motion (1892);173
9.12.1;Editorial Preface;173
9.13;Chapter 15. Density of Nitrogen (1892);178
9.13.1;Editorial Preface;178
9.14;Chapter 16. Argon (1895);180
9.14.1;Editorial Preface;180
9.15;Chapter 17. On the Cooling of Air by Radiation and Conduction, and on the Propagation of Sound (1899);200
9.15.1;Editorial Preface;200
9.16;Chapter 18. Remarks upon the Law of Complete Radiation (1900);204
9.16.1;Editorial Preface;204
9.17;Chapter 19. Is Rotatory Polarization influenced by the Earth's Motion? (1902);208
9.17.1;Editorial Preface;208
9.18;Chapter 20. On Electrical Vibrations and the Constitution of the Atom (1906);215
9.18.1;Editorial Preface;215
9.19;Chapter 21. Note as to the Application of the Principle of Dynamical Similarity (1909-10);222
9.19.1;Editorial Preface;222
9.20;Chapter 22. Letter to Professor Nernst (1911);225
9.20.1;Editorial Preface;225
9.21;Chapter 23. The Pressure of Radiation and Carnot's Principle (1914);227
9.21.1;Editorial Preface;227
9.22;Chapter 24. On the Pressure Developed in a Liquid During the Collapse of a Spherical Cavity (1917);230
9.22.1;Editorial Preface;230
9.23;Chapter 25. Presidential Address to the Society for Psychical Research (1919);236
9.23.1;Editorial Preface;236
10;Index;252