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John Tyndall

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Noun

1. john tyndall, tyndall

British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)

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John Tyndall

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Irish-born British physicist and lecturer known for his work on atmospheric gases and the scattering of light by small particles.

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