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John Tyndall August 2, 1820
On the coat tails of Michael Faraday’s theory of diamagnetism and his belief in molecular structure, John Tyndall gave a presentation “On the Influence of Material Aggregation Upon the Manifestations of Force” at the Royal Institution of Great Britain that launched his name and work into the philosophical science history books . -
John Tyndall August 2, 1820
John Tyndall presented a paper that outlined his theory of ‘Fracture and Relegation’ to the Royal and a week later delivered it as a disclosure to the Royal Institution of Great Britain. His theory that glaciers moved by breaking and reforming tested James David Forbes theory that glaciers moved because they were viscous. John Tyndall had a devoted love for the Alps and lead of one of the early teams to reach the top of the Matterhorn in 1868. -
John Tyndall August 2, 1820
"The Bakerian Lecture: On the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gases and Vapours, and the Physical Connexion of Radiation, Absorption, and Conduction" was presented to the Royal Society where he presented his proof of a Greenhouse Effect in the Earth’s atmosphere -
John Tyndall August 2, 1820
John Tyndall’s pursuit of ignorance in radiant heat in the air lead him discovering what we know as the Tyndall Effect or the scattering of light by particulate impurities in air and other gases, and in liquids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1ZZAymKHw
