Professor of natural philosophy for the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist John Tyndall (1820-93) passionately sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. Reissued here is the collected research he contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other journals. Published in 1872, it complements Tyndall's Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (1863), which is also reissued in this series. Here each memoir is preceded by a short summary, explaining what he discovered and his reasons for embarking on the investigations in question.…mehr
Professor of natural philosophy for the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist John Tyndall (1820-93) passionately sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. Reissued here is the collected research he contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other journals. Published in 1872, it complements Tyndall's Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (1863), which is also reissued in this series. Here each memoir is preceded by a short summary, explaining what he discovered and his reasons for embarking on the investigations in question. Accompanying the detailed descriptions of experimental methods are illustrations of the scientific apparatus used. Tyndall also shows how his work built upon previous research, acknowledging the insights of distinguished scientists such as William Herschel and Macedonio Melloni. In particular, he discusses at length his academic debates with Heinrich Gustav Magnus.
John Tyndall FRS was an important 19th-century Irish physicist. His scientific prominence developed in the 1850s as a result of his research into diamagnetism. Later, he produced discoveries in the fields of infrared radiation and air physical characteristics, establishing the link between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859. Tyndall also authored over a dozen science books that introduced a large number of people to cutting-edge 19th-century experimental physics. From 1853 to 1887, he taught physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1868. Tyndall was born at Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland. His father was a local police constable, descended from Gloucestershire emigrants who arrived in southeast Ireland around 1670. Tyndall attended the local schools (Ballinabranna Primary School) in County Carlow until his late teens and was most likely an assistant teacher near the conclusion of his tenure there. Technical drawing and mathematics were particularly important subjects in school, with some applications to land surveying. In his late teens, he was engaged as a draftsman by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland in 1839, and he later went to the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain in 1842.
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Preface Analysis of memoir 1 1. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours, and on the physical connexion of radiation, absorption, and conduction Analysis of memoir 2 2. Further researches on the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter Analysis of memoir 3 3. On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour Analysis of memoir 4 4. On the passage of radiant heat through dry and humid air Analysis of memoir 5 5. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous and liquid matter Analysis of memoir 6 6. Contributions to molecular physics Analysis of memoir 7 7. On luminous and obscure radiation Analysis of memoir 8 8. On calorescence, or the transmutation of heat rays Analysis of memoir 9 9. On the influence of colour and mechanical condition on radiant heat Analysis of memoir 10 10. On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter Analysis of memoir 11 11. Aqueous vapour: discussion resumed 12. Recent researches on radiant heat 13. On radiation through the Earth's atmosphere 14. On a new series of chemical reactions produced by light 15. On the blue colour of the sky, the polarization of sky-light, and on the polarization of light by cloudy matter generally 16. On cometary theory 17. On the formation and phenomena of clouds.
Preface Analysis of memoir 1 1. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours, and on the physical connexion of radiation, absorption, and conduction Analysis of memoir 2 2. Further researches on the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter Analysis of memoir 3 3. On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour Analysis of memoir 4 4. On the passage of radiant heat through dry and humid air Analysis of memoir 5 5. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous and liquid matter Analysis of memoir 6 6. Contributions to molecular physics Analysis of memoir 7 7. On luminous and obscure radiation Analysis of memoir 8 8. On calorescence, or the transmutation of heat rays Analysis of memoir 9 9. On the influence of colour and mechanical condition on radiant heat Analysis of memoir 10 10. On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter Analysis of memoir 11 11. Aqueous vapour: discussion resumed 12. Recent researches on radiant heat 13. On radiation through the Earth's atmosphere 14. On a new series of chemical reactions produced by light 15. On the blue colour of the sky, the polarization of sky-light, and on the polarization of light by cloudy matter generally 16. On cometary theory 17. On the formation and phenomena of clouds.
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