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Elected Professor of Natural Philosophy at Royal Institution of Great Britian
Because of his early works with magnetism and a successful lecture at The Royal institution, he was elected into a very prestigious position that afforded him the opportunity to work with the great Michael Faraday. He was able to conduct experiments freely, which led to his fascination with the structure of glaciers. (Lightman et al 6) -
Starts to experiment with Radiation of Heat
From the mid 1850s, Tyndall spent a lot of time in the Alps studying and conducting experiments on glaciers. These experiments led to the topic of radiant heat and particularly, infrared heat. This is the beginning of the discovery of the greenhouse effect. (Lightman et al, 7) -
Discovers Tyndall Effect
While conducting several experiments, he went about asking, "Why is the sky blue?" He was able to explain that is was a scattering of light. -
Lecture at Belfast
The culmination of all of those experiments, let to what many suggest as the highlight of it all. This is where Tyndall made a clear demarcation of the separation of Science and Religion, citing his fellow scientist Charles Darwin many times. This isn't the only time his work has caused some controversy, but this is the one that caused the Pope and Catholic church to really take notice about his philosophies on nature and science. (Gazette 11)