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tyndall, john

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Tyn·dall   (tĭn'dl)   
Irish-born British physicist known for his work on the transparency of gases and the absorption by gases of radiant heat.
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Tyndall, John

British experimental physicist who was an avid promoter of science in the Victorian era

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