j. tyndall

Tyn·dall

[tin-dl]
noun
1.
John, 1820–93, English physicist.
2.
a mountain in S central California, in the Sierra Nevada near Mount Whitney. 14,018 feet (4273 meters).
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n
John. 1820--93, Irish physicist, noted for his work on the radiation of heat by gases, the transmission of sound through the atmosphere, and the scattering of light

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