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Born
John Tyndall born in Ireland to John Tyndall and Sarah
In the town Leighlinbridge, located in Country Garlow, Ireland. His father worked as a police constable in the town. -
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Carbon Dioxide
Ucl. “Opinion: John Tyndall - the Forgotten Co-Discoverer of Climate Science.” UCL News, 6 May 2022, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/jul/opinion-john-tyndall-forgotten-co-discoverer-climate-science#:~:text=In%201859%2C%20Tyndall%20showed%20that,copper%20cube%20containing%20boiling%20water. -
Carbon Dioxide
Tyndall become the first person to prove the green house effect theory which is called the Tyndall Effect. Providing his study into the earth's atmosphere of how much radiant heat from varies gases are absorbed in the atmosphere. Successfully worked out the absorptive capabilities of different gases. -
Science VS Religion
Tyndall gave an infamous speech at the Belfast Address pioneering the theory of scientific naturalism. Advocating a scientific explanation for the natural world and life itself. Tyndall said, "We claim, and shall wrest from theology, the entire domain of cosmological theory. All schemes and systems which thus infringe upon the domain of science must, insofar as they do this, submit to its control, relinquish all thought of controlling it." Religion meets emotional needs. -
Tyndallisation
Tyndall dedicated his time to fundamental research in hopes that others will use it to generate useful applications. Discovering "Tyndallisation" a bacteriological technique of sterilization this research with a French biologist Louis Pasteur led to his invention of a respirator for firefighters, failing to take a patent out for this device. -
Death
Tyndall died at the age of 73 from a accidental overdose of the wrong medication given by his wife Louisa Hamilton in the dark.
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