Alexander Rankine
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British physicist
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Alexander Rankine's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics University of Oxford
- PhD Physics University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Alexander Oliver Rankine was a British physicist who worked on the viscosity of gases, molecular dynamics, optics, acoustics and geophysics. Career Rankine carried out government research during both World Wars, working on anti-submarine technology and on fog dispersal systems. He studied and worked at University College London, and was a professor of physics at Imperial College London.
Alexander Rankine's Published Works
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Published Works
- LII. On the stretching and torsion of lead wire beyond the elastic limit (1904) (36)
- On a Method of Determining the Viscosity of Gases, Especially Those Available Only in Small Quantities (1910) (23)
- The Transmission of Speech by Light (1918) (17)
- Experimental Studies in Thermal Convection (1950) (17)
- A simple method of demonstrating the paramagnetism and diamagnetism of substances in magnetic fields of low intensity (1934) (13)
- On the Electrical Resistance of Moving Matter (1908) (13)
- On the viscosity of the vapour of iodine (1915) (12)
- The measurement of magnetic field distortion (1934) (11)
- On a method of measuring the viscosity of the vapours of volatile liquids, with an application to bromine (1913) (9)
- On the Viscosities of the Gases of the Argon Group (1910) (7)
- On the Proximity of Atoms in Gaseous Molecules (1921) (6)
- On the Viscosity and Molecular Dimensions of Gaseous Cyanogen (1921) (6)
- On the viscosities of gaseous chlorine and bromine (1912) (5)
- A simple viscometer for gases (5)
- On the Effect of Temperature on the Viscosity of Air (1926) (4)
- X-Ray Electrons (1922) (3)
- On the Viscous Properties and Molecular Dimensions of Silicane (1921) (3)
- Reviews of progress (2)
- On the similarity between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide (1921) (2)
- On the representation and calculation of the results of gravity surveys with torsion balances (1932) (2)
- On the structure of some gaseous molecules of which hydrogen is a constituent (2)
- Note on the behaviour of the E?tv?s gravity balance in fluctuating gravitational fields (1934) (1)
- Molecular Structure and Energy (1921) (1)
- The Origin of Magnetism (1922) (1)
- Speaking Films (1)
- Telephoning by Light (1920) (1)
- The Sensitivity of Selenium Cells (1926) (1)
- On the Structure of the Sulphur Dioxide Molecule (1)
- Physics in Relation to Oil Finding (1929) (1)
- Electrical polarisation in selenium cells and the effects of desiccation (1)
- LII.On the magnetic effects of vibration in iron rods (1919) (1)
- Some observations with a gravity-gradiometer (1932) (1)
- 7. The Thermal Windrose at the Ben Nevis Observatory. (0)
- DISCUSSION. REDUCTION OF GROUND VIBRATIONS INTO STRUCTURES. STRUCTURAL & BUILDING ENGINEERING DIVISION. (1947) (0)
- Discussion "Some notes on electrical methods of measuring body temperatures" (0)
- Discussion on above two papers by E F Caldin, and the same author's "The relation between the brightness and temperature of a total radiator" and "The ratio of the new international lumen to the light-watt" (1946) (0)
- General principles involved in the accurate reproduction of sound by means of a loud-speaker (1924) (0)
- Some Aspects of Applied Geophysics (1932) (0)
- Physics in Relation to Oil Finding (0)
- Prof. Allan Ferguson (1952) (0)
- Demonstration of an anomaly in frictional electricity (0)
- On Recording and Reproducing Sounds by Means of Light (1919) (0)
- Greenland as a Switch for Cyclones: Discussion (1933) (0)
- Spotlight on housing. (1949) (0)
- Alfred William Porter, 1863 - 1939 (1940) (0)
- Demonstration on the diffraction of light by a spherical obstacle (0)
- On Encounters between Non-spherical Gaseous Molecules (1920) (0)
- Speaking Films (0)
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