Search Results for "Lord Rayleigh"
Making waves
history of scienceEloise Barber gives an overview of advances in the science of acoustics, from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Mastering miscellany
history of scienceFinishing the cataloguing of the Royal Society’s Miscellaneous Correspondence calls for a celebration! Vida Milovanovic reflects on her efforts in the home straight of a huge series.
Every cloud
history of scienceJon Bushell investigates why a paper on the kinetic theory of gases, submitted to the Royal Society by John James Waterston in 1845, was eventually published 47 years later.
Alienists
history of scienceRead more about the book of nominations for Foreign Members of the Royal Society.