John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Colour lithograph by F. T. Dalton, 1899.

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Watercolour by F.T. Dalton, 1899.

British Association for the Advancement of Science: speakers at its meeting in Cambridge in 1904. Coloured drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1904.

Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh. Photogravure by Walker & Cockerell after Maull & Fox.

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Wood engraving by R. Taylor, 1884.

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. Photogravure after Sir P. Burne-Jones.

1 drawing : pen and ink, with watercolour ; sheet 34.7 x 27.1 cm

viii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

The life of Sir J. J. Thomson, O. M. : sometime master of Trinity College Cambridge / by Lord Rayleigh.

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