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STRUTT, John William 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842 – 1919)

STRUTT, John William 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842 – 1919)

1842 – 1919

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Image source Unknown author Unknown author · From "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased," Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character Vol. 98, No. 695 (Mar. 24, 1921). · Public domain

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1895 CE

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Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere.

RAMSAY, Sir William (1852 – 1916)
RAMSAY, Sir William (1852 – 1916)
STRUTT, John William 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842 – 1919)
STRUTT, John William 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842 – 1919)

Discovery of argon, the first discovery of an inert gas. In 1904 Ramsay was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determina…