Timeline: John Tyndall

Aug 2, 1820

Birth of John Tyndall

References • "John Tyndall: Irish Physicist, Naturalist, and Educator." The Athenaeum, Science History and Biography Books and Ephemera, Emphasizing the Later 19th Century. [Online] URL: http://www.lexicorps.com/Tyndall.htm
• Fleming, James Rodger, (1998) Historical Perspectives on Climate Change, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 194 pp.
• Valley, Shea L., ed. (1965) Handbook of Geophysics and Space Environments, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Period: Aug 2, 1820 to Dec 4, 1983

John Tyndall

Reference
The Royal Institution Website
www.rigb.org/our-history-of-research/John-Tyndall-timeline

1859

Molecular Physics of radiant heat

Study of retaliative
Reference
The Royal Institution Website
www.rigb.org/our-history-of-research/John-Tyndall-timeline

1860

early experiments on absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapor

He did experiments for three months• References
• "John Tyndall: Irish Physicist, Naturalist, and Educator." The Athenaeum, Science History and Biography Books and Ephemera, Emphasizing the Later 19th Century. [Online] URL: http://www.lexicorps.com/Tyndall.htm
• Fleming, James Rodger, (1998) Historical Perspectives on Climate Change, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 194 pp.
• Valley, Shea L., ed. (1965) Handbook of Geophysics and Space Environments, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

1860

Continuation of experiments on absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapor

the end of the experiments• References • "John Tyndall: Irish Physicist, Naturalist, and Educator." The Athenaeum, Science History and Biography Books and Ephemera, Emphasizing the Later 19th Century. [Online] URL: http://www.lexicorps.com/Tyndall.htm
• Fleming, James Rodger, (1998) Historical Perspectives on Climate Change, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 194 pp.
• Valley, Shea L., ed. (1965) Handbook of Geophysics and Space Environments, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.

Jul 6, 1860