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| | RAYLEIGH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Lord Rayleigh was born on the 12th of November, 1842, at Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex. |
 | | He was the son of noble John James Strutt, 2nd Baron, and Clara Elizabeth La Touche, daughter of Captain Richard Vicars, R. In the early years of his life, Lord Rayleigh suffered from poor health, which hindered his education in Eton and Harrow. |
 | | During this trip, Strutt started working on his famous book "The Theory of Sound," in which he investigated the vibrations and the resonance of elastic solids and gases. |
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