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Tyndall's studies
Tyndall started out as a engineer after some formal schooling and 1848 he attended Marburg University to receive his Doctorate. Later on he was inducted into the Royal Institution of London in which he remained for the duration of his career.He received five doctorates and inIn 1853, a Professor of Natural Philosophy (Science) at the Royal Institution. Ref:http://irishscientists.tripod.com/scientists/JOHN.HTM -
Interesting discoveries
Through his work there were many inventions that are currently used. One being Fibre optics being that he was working with the radiation of light, and the way that fibre optics works is transferring light through glass fibre.
Another one was the foghorn through his understanding of the ozone and the effects of gasses in the air from heat transfer. This helped to utilize the fog in a projecting manner in order to increase the noise being heard. -
The Tyndall effect
In 1869 John Tyndall was able to explain through his studying of "transmission of inferred radiation through gasses and vapors".
This discovery was able to help Scientists study further into the effects of radiation on life and how life receives the filtered radiation. He also was able to explain the effects of hot air verse cold air, and how it affects the weather in various ways. Later referred to as the "Tyndall effect". Ref:
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Rumford Medal
His discovery of the transmission of infrared radiation through gases and vapors helped significantly in clarifying nature of the absorption process in which he received the Rumford Medal in 1869.
