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John Tyndall was an Irish physicist who became fascinated by mountaineering after an expedition to Switzerland in 1856. He traversed the summit of the Matterhorn in 1868 & climbed Mount Blanc three times. Alongside this love of mountains was a scientific interest in glaciers & ice formations. Tyndall was also well-regarded for his ability to communicate with the public about science. Many of his books, such as this one, published in 1872 as part of the International Scientific Series, are aimed at the general reader. Tyndall uses his work to explain many aspects of water, beginning with cloud formation & rain before moving on to ice, snow & glaciers. He also discusses the principles behind phenomena ranging from tropical rains to glacial movement. Illustrated & organised into 493 different points under themed headings, this book gives clear explanations of the complexity of the earth's water system.

Glaciers --- Water --- Precipitation (Meteorology) --- Properties

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Professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist and mountaineer John Tyndall (1820-93) passionately sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. A lucid and highly regarded communicator, he lectured on such topics as heat, light, magnetism and electricity. In this collection of twelve lectures, first published in 1863, Tyndall discusses the general properties of heat and its associated physical processes, such as convection, conduction and radiation. He presents concepts so that they are intelligible to non-specialists, and helpful illustrations of laboratory equipment accompany his descriptions of experiments and phenomena. Throughout, he explains the research and discoveries of renowned scientists, including Sir Humphry Davy, Julius von Mayer, James Prescott Joule, and Hermann von Helmholtz. Several of Tyndall's other publications, from his lectures on sound to his exploration of alpine glaciers, are also reissued in this series.

Heat. --- Electromagnetic waves --- Physics --- Cold --- Combustion --- Fire --- Temperature --- Thermochemistry --- Thermodynamics

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Professor of natural philosophy for the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist John Tyndall (1820-93) passionately sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. Reissued here is the collected research he contributed to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other journals. Published in 1872, it complements Tyndall's Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (1863), which is also reissued in this series. Here each memoir is preceded by a short summary, explaining what he discovered and his reasons for embarking on the investigations in question. Accompanying the detailed descriptions of experimental methods are illustrations of the scientific apparatus used. Tyndall also shows how his work built upon previous research, acknowledging the insights of distinguished scientists such as William Herschel and Macedonio Melloni. In particular, he discusses at length his academic debates with Heinrich Gustav Magnus.

Heat --- Radiation and absorption.

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