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1. Tyndall, John Tyndallnoun

   British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)

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1. john tyndall

   John Tyndall was a prominent 19th-century physicist from Ireland who is best known for his work in the fields of atmospheric science and light scattering. He was the first to understand why the sky is blue, a phenomenon now known as the Tyndall effect. Tyndall also conducted significant studies on thermal radiation, leading to the development of modern breakthroughs in the field of meteorology and climate science. In addition to his scientific contributions, Tyndall was also a dedicated educator and science communicator.

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1. John Tyndall

   John Tyndall FRS was a prominent 19th century physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he studied thermal radiation, and produced a number of discoveries about processes in the atmosphere. Tyndall published seventeen books, which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wider audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.

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1. John Tyndall

   LL.D., F.R.S., Irish scientist, born near Carlow, 1820. In ’47 he became a teacher in Queenswood College (Hants), and afterwards went to Germany to study. In ’56 he went to Switzerland with Professor Huxley, and they wrote a joint work on glaciers. He contributed to the Fortnightly Review, notably an article on Miracles and Special Providence, ’66. In ’72 he went on a lecturing tour in the United States, and two years later was president of the British Association. His address at Belfast made a great stir, and has been published. In addition to other scientific works he has published popular Fragments of Science, which has gone through several editions.

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