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Birthday
Essex, England -
Period: to
Lord Rayleigh
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Smith's Prize
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Rayleigh Scattering
He discovered the phenomenon now called the Rayleigh Scattering explaining why the sky is blue and predicted the existance of surface waves. -
Discovered Noble gases
The discovery added to the period table as group zero. -
Published the discovery of Argon
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Chemical Reactions discovery
He discovered that samples of nitrogen from the air were of a different density than nitrogen resulting from chemical reactions. -
Awards
He was awarded the Copley, Royal, and Rumford medals of the Royal Society and the Noble prize. -
Death
