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Tyndall

[ tin-dl ]

noun

  1. John, 1820–93, English physicist.
  2. Mount, a mountain in S central California, in the Sierra Nevada near Mount Whitney. 14,018 feet (4,273 meters).


Tyndall

/ ˈtɪndəl /

noun

  1. TyndallJohn18201893MIrishSCIENCE: physicist 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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“The real star of everything is Pete Williams,” said Tyndall.

Finally, medicine is immeasurably indebted to Tyndall and Huxley for their teaching of the correlation and conservation of energy.

Professor Tyndall suggests that the soft green of the sea, shadowed by clouds, assumes a subjective purple hue.

Then there was another man Spencer avoided, although for a different reason; this individual was John Tyndall.

Education is a matter of desire, and a man like Tyndall is getting an education wherever he is.

Tyndall found lodgings in a little street called "Heretics' Row."

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