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John Tyndall

Irish physicist (1820–1893)

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Field of work
Physics
Heat - Radiation and absorption
Glaciology

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Images from the collections

Images by John Tyndall

2 images from works
  • Further researches on the deportment and vital persistence of putrefactive and infective organisms from a physical point of view / by John Tyndall.
  • Essays on the floating-matter of the air in relation to putrefaction and infection / by John Tyndall.

Images featuring John Tyndall

13 images from works
  • John Tyndall. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.
  • John Tyndall. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.
  • John Tyndall. Photograph by Barraud.
  • John Tyndall demonstrating a fog-horn to Queen Victoria and her entourage. Wood engraving by T. B. Wirgman, c.1876.
  • John Tyndall. Photograph.
  • John Tyndall. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.
  • John Tyndall. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • John Tyndall. Wood engraving, 1893, after Elliott & Fry.
  • John Tyndall. Pencil drawing.
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Works from the collections

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    Sound / by John Tyndall.

    John Tyndall | Date: 1883
    • Books

    Essays on the floating-matter of the air in relation to putrefaction and infection / by John Tyndall.

    John Tyndall | Date: 1881
    • Books

    Fragments of science for unscientific people : a series of detached essays, lectures, and reviews / by John Tyndall.

    John Tyndall | Date: 1871
    • Books
    • Online

    Essays on the floating-matter of the air in relation to putrefaction and infection.

    John Tyndall | Date: 1883
    • Books
    • Online

    Essays on the floating-matter of the air in relation to putrefaction and infection / by John Tyndall.

    John Tyndall | Date: 1881
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Frequent collaborators

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
University College, London. Library Services
John Parsons

Related topics

Science
United Kingdom
Sound
Radiation
Physicists

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