Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tyndall"
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Tyndall
n : 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) [syn:
{Tyndall}, {John Tyndall}]
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