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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2011
      June 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139058087
      9781108032209
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058087
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      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.44kg, 344 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Science, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering: General Interest, History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, General Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    History of Science, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering: General Interest, History, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics, General Science
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919), was an English physicist best known as the co-discoverer of the element argon, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904. Rayleigh graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1865 and after conducting private research was appointed Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics in 1879, a post which he held until 1884. These highly influential volumes, first published between 1877 and 1878, contain Rayleigh's classic account of acoustic theory. Bringing together contemporary research and his own experiments, Rayleigh clearly describes the origins and transmission of sound waves through different media. This textbook was considered the standard work on the subject for many years and provided the foundations of modern acoustic theory. Volume 1 discusses the origin and transmission of sound waves in harmonic vibrations, the vibrations of bars, stretched strings, plates and membranes, through mathematical models and experimental discussions.

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