LECTURE I.
Introductory
Uses of Experiment
Early Scientific Notions
Sciences of Observation
Knowledge of the Ancients regarding Light
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The Irish physicist John Tyndall (1820-1893) is best known for his work on the scattering of light by atmospheric particles and on the absorption of infrared radiation by gases. He also did much to po...
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Tyndall was born in Ireland in 1820 to a poor family. He obtained only a few years of formal schooling. As a young man he worked several civil servant jobs, including surveyor and railway engineer, al...
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Six Lectures on Light
John Tyndall
John Tyndall