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Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

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Physics
Mathematics
Politics
Mechanics
Theology

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  • Joseph Lister giving thanks for a testimonial and portrait presented to him at King's College Hospital, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1895. Process print after A.S. Boyd, 1895.
  • Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.
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    On light. Third course, On the beneficial effects of light, delivered at Aberdeen in November, 1885 / by Gabriel Stokes.

    Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet | Date: 1887
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    On the effect of the internal friction of fluids on the motion of pendulums / by G.G. Stokes.

    Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet | Date: 1851
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    Address / of George Gabriel Stokes.

    Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet | Date: [1869?]
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    Natural theology : the Gifford lectures, delivered before the University of Edinburgh in 1891 / by G.G. Stokes.

    Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet | Date: 1891
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    On the theory of certain bands seen in the spectrum / by G.G. Stokes.

    Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet | Date: 1848
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