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John Tyndall Born August 2, 1820- Died December 4, 1893, Diamagnetism
John Tyndall begins work along side school mate H. Knoblauch to further the research of Farraday, Plücker, and Weber identifying the 'underlying mechanisms' which cause diamagnetism in matter. https://youtu.be/u36QpPvEh2c Jackson, Roland. “John Tyndall and the Early History of Diamagnetism.” Annals of Science, vol. 72, no. 4, 2014, pp. 435–489., doi:10.1080/00033790.2014.929743. -
John Tyndall Born August 2, 1820- Died December 4, 1893, The First Discourse
February 11, 1853, Tyndall gives his first Discourse at the Royal Institution ‘On the influence of material aggregation upon the manifestations of force', launching himself into the scientific community. This presentation shows his skill in translating complicated scientific subject matter for the non-scientific community. Jackson, Roland. “John Tyndall and the Early History of Diamagnetism.” Annals of Science, vol. 72, no. 4, 2014, pp. 435–489., doi:10.1080/00033790.2014.929743. -
John Tyndall Born August 2, 1820- Died December 4, 1893, The Greenhouse Effect
In 1959, John Tyndall began his work on the radiative properties of various gases and in 1865, he published a paper called Radiation. This paper contained work identifying the greenhouse effect, the reason why the sky is blue and used experimentation which introduced the first radio spectrophotometer, a device that allows us to identify the chemical composition of an atmosphere. -
John Tyndall Born August 2, 1820- Died December 4, 1893, The X Club
John Tyndall along with eight other influential minds, started a scientific society known as the X Club, who's focus was promoting using naturalist methods of observing and understanding natural phenomena while limiting religious influence on the sciences. Moore, Levi. “The X Club - Victorian Science Clubs, History, and Privilege.” Hektoen International, 8 Jan. 2020, hekint.org/2020/01/08/the-x-club/. -
John Tyndall Born August 2, 1820- Died December 4, 1893, The Belfast Address
In 1874, Tyndall, attended the British Association for the Advancement of Science using the opportunity to confront the prestigious group about the limits that should be placed on religion in the sciences. His address increased already extreme tensions between the church and sciences. In 1876, John Tyndall released a 5th edition of his book Fragments, which included a summary of the Belfast Address along with an 'apology' to the church which was more a justification of his address.
