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Stokes, Sir George Gabriel

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Mathematician and physicist, born in Skreen, co. Sligo; he is great in the department of mathematical physics, and has been specially devoted to the study of hydro-dynamics and the theory of light; has opened new fields of investigation, and supplied future experimenters with valuable hints; he was one of the foremost physicists of the day; b . 1819.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Stokes, Sir George Gabriel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/stokes-sir-george-gabriel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.