Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, 'Note on the free vibrations of an infinitely long cylindrical shell' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]

Reference number: PP/13/26

Date: 1889

Description

Strutt writes: 'In a recent memoir Mr Love has considered this question among others; but he has not discussed his result [equation (95)], except in its application to a rather special case involving the existence of a free edge. When the cylinder is regarded as infinitely long, the problem is naturally of a simpler character; and I have thought that it might be worthwhile to express more fully the frequency equation, as applicable to all vibrations, independent of the thickness of the shell, which are periodic with respect both to the length and the circumference of the cylinder.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Received 26 February 1889. Read 14 March 1889.

A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the free vibrations of an infinitely long cylindrical shell'.

Reference number
PP/13/26
Earliest possible date
1889
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John William Strutt

View page for John William Strutt

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

John William Strutt, Paper, 'Note on the free vibrations of an infinitely long cylindrical shell' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], 1889, PP/13/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_13_26/paper-note-on-the-free-vibrations-of-an-infinitely-long-cylindrical-shell-by-lord-rayleigh-john-william-strutt, accessed on 19 September 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_13_26/paper-note-on-the-free-vibrations-of-an-infinitely-long-cylindrical-shell-by-lord-rayleigh-john-william-strutt

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pp_13_26/paper-note-on-the-free-vibrations-of-an-infinitely-long-cylindrical-shell-by-lord-rayleigh-john-william-strutt" title="Paper, 'Note on the free vibrations of an infinitely long cylindrical shell' by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Proceedings Papers

    Dates: 1882 - 1894

    The archival collection known as 'Proceedings Papers' is comprised of manuscripts and occasional proofs of scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which were read before meetings of Fellows and printed in full in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

    View collection