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The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 5: The Correspondence, January 1855-October 1856

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 5: The Correspondence, January 1855-October 1856

Brock, William H.
Cantor, Geoffrey

Hardcover

Series: Correspondence of John Tyndall, Book 5

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ISBN10: 0822945320
ISBN13: 9780822945321
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Oct 16 2018
Pages: 528
Weight: 2.00
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This volume contains 266 letters covering a period of twenty-two months, when Tyndall was in his midthirties and had been employed by the Royal Institution as professor of natural philosophysince September 1853. Many of the letters printed here concern the lectures he delivered at the RI and other institutions and his attempt to establish his reputation as a researcher. Although he published in several other areas--including the cleavage of rocks, colorblindness, and glaciers--the main focus of his research was the newly discovered and problematic phenomenon of diamagnetism. Tyndall reported his experimental results and theoretical views on this subject in several lectures and papers that greatly enhanced his scientific standing, which was further extended by his contact with other scientists, not only in London but across the British Isles and in France and Germany. By the end of this period, Tyndall was a man of science with a European reputation that was recognized in November 1856 when the Royal Society elected him a member of its Council.

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