Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat
A Series of Memoirs Published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' and 'Philosophical Magazine', with Additions

Physicist John Tyndall's collected contributions on radiant heat to various journals over many years, published in 1872 with helpful summaries.

John Tyndall (Author)

9781108067904, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 February 2014

472 pages, 2 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.69 kg

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.

Preface
Analysis of memoir 1
1. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gases and vapours, and on the physical connexion of radiation, absorption, and conduction
Analysis of memoir 2
2. Further researches on the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter
Analysis of memoir 3
3. On the relation of radiant heat to aqueous vapour
Analysis of memoir 4
4. On the passage of radiant heat through dry and humid air
Analysis of memoir 5
5. On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous and liquid matter
Analysis of memoir 6
6. Contributions to molecular physics
Analysis of memoir 7
7. On luminous and obscure radiation
Analysis of memoir 8
8. On calorescence, or the transmutation of heat rays
Analysis of memoir 9
9. On the influence of colour and mechanical condition on radiant heat
Analysis of memoir 10
10. On the action of rays of high refrangibility upon gaseous matter
Analysis of memoir 11
11. Aqueous vapour: discussion resumed
12. Recent researches on radiant heat
13. On radiation through the Earth's atmosphere
14. On a new series of chemical reactions produced by light
15. On the blue colour of the sky, the polarization of sky-light, and on the polarization of light by cloudy matter generally
16. On cometary theory
17. On the formation and phenomena of clouds.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]