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The 1911 article contained: "In 1852, in his famous paper on the change of refrangibility of light, he described the phenomenon of fluorescence..." This doesn't make any sense, since refrangibility ( refractive index) is a property of the medium not light, and it doesn't have anything to do with fluorescence. At first I tacked on "wavelength" in brackets, but now I'm assuming Britannica was in error and changing it to wavelength outright. -- Tim Starling 01:38, Dec 15, 2003 (UTC)
Did he really prove Stokes theorem? that's what it says at the beginning of the page. I do not think so (see the page on stokes theorem for more reference)
Stokes also modifed the John Francis Campbell sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder. I'm not sure how to properly fit this into the current text. CambridgeBayWeather 18:47, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Done - in a list, but I actually feel that too much of this is based on the old 1911 encyclopedia style and a some time the article needs a rewrite. However, it is at present quite comprehensive and accurate so I guess this is not pressing. - Op. Deo 20:51, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. If I'd added it it would have come out much worse. CambridgeBayWeather 06:32, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
I delicately offer the following contribution to the ongoing reverts over this.
-- Op. Deo 09:47, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
According to some sources, Stokes' first language was Irish. He subsequently learned English and other languages. If confirmed, it would make an interesting comment on his formative years and I will work it into the commentary on his early life. Laburke ( talk) 16:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
There is documentation about Stokes' education in classical languages. I have tried to locate Roger Blaney's, "Presbyterians and the Irish Language", without the expense of international shipping. Perhaps others can. I repeat, if you gxxgle this book, you will find that Stokes' father published in and on the Irish language. BTW, knowing Irish was not a impediment for entering TCD during Stokes' or his father's time. Slán agus slàn Laburke ( talk) 03:39, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
The Stokes number for a particle in a flow should be added to the list of things named after him, also the Stokes stream function for incompressible axisymmetric flow. Fathead99 10:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
"Later the CGS unit of viscosity was named a Stokes after his work," pedantic I know but should this not be stokes (i.e. lower case) for the name of the unit? I may be wrong, but I take analogy with the joule, kelvin and newton units to suggest this. Azo bob ( talk) 20:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Can we put this article on project Christianity/Anglicanism?-- Vojvodae ist 15:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland a nationality or just an excuse not to use the word Irish? If you look at other people born between 1801 and 1922 few if any are described this way. The nationality should be changed to Irish. Bjmullan ( talk) 23:48, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
It is true that Stokes presided the Victoria Institute, which sought to defend evangelical Christian principles from the challenges of the new Darwinian philosophy. But the recent edit by DocRuby, which has the article say that that group was "founded in opposition to the new science of biological evolution" is a misleading oversimplification. Stokes did not unequivocally oppose the theory of evolution in biology. He was somewhat skeptical on the science, but was mostly concerned with defending the Christian worldview from the contention that it was superseded by Darwinism. See, e.g., here. I will try to edit the text to reflect this more clearly. - Eb.hoop ( talk) 23:56, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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As of the date and time I'm typing this, the article describes a descendant of the article's subject as "a troubled man who committed suicide aged 30 while temporarily insane". Well, arguably, all insanity is temporary, since all insane people did eventually or will eventually die. So, what is the meaning of "temporarily" insane in that sentence? Yes, the suicide terminated the insanity, but we do not normally read in Wikipedia that someone who was given an office for life received a "temporary appointment, of duration not to exceed their own life". What is NOT temporary in this world if fatal insanity IS temporary? 2600:1700:6759:B000:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 ( talk) 18:53, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson
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The 1911 article contained: "In 1852, in his famous paper on the change of refrangibility of light, he described the phenomenon of fluorescence..." This doesn't make any sense, since refrangibility ( refractive index) is a property of the medium not light, and it doesn't have anything to do with fluorescence. At first I tacked on "wavelength" in brackets, but now I'm assuming Britannica was in error and changing it to wavelength outright. -- Tim Starling 01:38, Dec 15, 2003 (UTC)
Did he really prove Stokes theorem? that's what it says at the beginning of the page. I do not think so (see the page on stokes theorem for more reference)
Stokes also modifed the John Francis Campbell sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder. I'm not sure how to properly fit this into the current text. CambridgeBayWeather 18:47, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Done - in a list, but I actually feel that too much of this is based on the old 1911 encyclopedia style and a some time the article needs a rewrite. However, it is at present quite comprehensive and accurate so I guess this is not pressing. - Op. Deo 20:51, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. If I'd added it it would have come out much worse. CambridgeBayWeather 06:32, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
I delicately offer the following contribution to the ongoing reverts over this.
-- Op. Deo 09:47, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
According to some sources, Stokes' first language was Irish. He subsequently learned English and other languages. If confirmed, it would make an interesting comment on his formative years and I will work it into the commentary on his early life. Laburke ( talk) 16:00, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
There is documentation about Stokes' education in classical languages. I have tried to locate Roger Blaney's, "Presbyterians and the Irish Language", without the expense of international shipping. Perhaps others can. I repeat, if you gxxgle this book, you will find that Stokes' father published in and on the Irish language. BTW, knowing Irish was not a impediment for entering TCD during Stokes' or his father's time. Slán agus slàn Laburke ( talk) 03:39, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
The Stokes number for a particle in a flow should be added to the list of things named after him, also the Stokes stream function for incompressible axisymmetric flow. Fathead99 10:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
"Later the CGS unit of viscosity was named a Stokes after his work," pedantic I know but should this not be stokes (i.e. lower case) for the name of the unit? I may be wrong, but I take analogy with the joule, kelvin and newton units to suggest this. Azo bob ( talk) 20:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Can we put this article on project Christianity/Anglicanism?-- Vojvodae ist 15:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland a nationality or just an excuse not to use the word Irish? If you look at other people born between 1801 and 1922 few if any are described this way. The nationality should be changed to Irish. Bjmullan ( talk) 23:48, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
It is true that Stokes presided the Victoria Institute, which sought to defend evangelical Christian principles from the challenges of the new Darwinian philosophy. But the recent edit by DocRuby, which has the article say that that group was "founded in opposition to the new science of biological evolution" is a misleading oversimplification. Stokes did not unequivocally oppose the theory of evolution in biology. He was somewhat skeptical on the science, but was mostly concerned with defending the Christian worldview from the contention that it was superseded by Darwinism. See, e.g., here. I will try to edit the text to reflect this more clearly. - Eb.hoop ( talk) 23:56, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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As of the date and time I'm typing this, the article describes a descendant of the article's subject as "a troubled man who committed suicide aged 30 while temporarily insane". Well, arguably, all insanity is temporary, since all insane people did eventually or will eventually die. So, what is the meaning of "temporarily" insane in that sentence? Yes, the suicide terminated the insanity, but we do not normally read in Wikipedia that someone who was given an office for life received a "temporary appointment, of duration not to exceed their own life". What is NOT temporary in this world if fatal insanity IS temporary? 2600:1700:6759:B000:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 ( talk) 18:53, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson