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Lord Rayleigh

260

Works

28,766

Citations

48

h-index

103

i10-index

Research Topics

Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Elasticity and Wave Propagation

Affiliations

University of Teramo1875–1919

Google (United States)1904–1904

Royal Institution of Great Britain1887–1890

University of Cambridge1879–1883

University of California, San Diego1911–1911

Top Works

<i>The Theory of Sound</i>

Lord Rayleigh,Norman H. Nachtrieb

19573,480 citations

Relativity and Gravitational Theory

History and Developments in Astronomy

VIII. <i>On the pressure developed in a liquid during the collapse of a spherical cavity</i>

19173,154 citations

On The Instability Of Jets

18782,959 citations

LIX. <i>On convection currents in a horizontal layer of fluid, when the higher temperature is on the under side</i>

19161,992 citations

LVI. <i>On the influence of obstacles arranged in rectangular order upon the properties of a medium</i>

18921,834 citations

On Waves Propagated along the Plane Surface of an Elastic Solid

18851,814 citations

XX. <i>On the equilibrium of liquid conducting masses charged with electricity</i>

18821,770 citations

Theory of sound

19421,417 citations

On the Stability, or Instability, of certain Fluid Motions

1879919 citations