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Birth
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Draftsman
John Tyndall was hired by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland to be a draftsman in his late teens. A Draftsman is technical drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed. The image is an example of an 1886 Technical Drawing of a Railroad Car. *MLA* https://www.pinterest.com/pin/39969515414084922/ -
Queenwood College
In 1847 Tyndall opted to become a mathematics and surveying teacher at Queenwood College, a boarding school in Hampshire. -
Moving to Germany
Edward Frankland (another new teacher at Queenwood Collage) and Tyndall became good friends. On the strength of Frankland's prior knowledge, they decided to go to Germany to further their education in science. Among other things, Frankland knew that certain German universities were ahead of any in Britain in experimental chemistry and physics. They moved to Germany in summer 1848 and enrolled at the University of Marburg, attracted by the reputation of Robert Bunsen as a teacher. -
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Turned down the Royal Medal
In 1853, the physicist John Tyndall was awarded the prestigious Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his early researches into magnetism. In the link below is the story of why he turned it down; the only person in some 200 years to do so. Link text -
Visited the Alps
Tyndall visited the Alps mountains in 1856 for scientific reasons and ended up becoming a pioneering mountain climber. He visited the Alps almost every summer from 1856 onward. He studied the Glacier movements and later moved onto study the suns heat and its effects. -
Green House Gasses
In the spring of 1859 Tyndall began research into how thermal radiation, both visible and obscure, affects different gases and aerosols. He developed differential absorption spectroscopy using the electro-magnetic thermopile. Tyndall began intensive experiments on 9 May 1859, at first without significant results, then improved the sensitivity of the apparatus and on 18 May. Below explains his experiment modernly.
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Total Internal reflection of light
“That when a ray of light passes from a rarer to denser medium it is bent towards the perpendicular” This is explained in the textbox of the Assignment.
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Death
Tyndall died at the age of 73 by the mistake of his own devoted wife. Who mixed up the wrong medication. His location of death was in
Haslemere, Surrey, England
