Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-06
PROFESSOR TYNDALL.

PROFESSOR TYNDALL. A Great scientist-Ezis Sudden Death
 From an Overdose of ChlOral-A
 Sketch of His Career-Tyndall's
 Visit to New Haven Years Ago
 Reception Given Him by the Late l
 Lamented Professor 0. s. Lyman
 Climbed Up the Face of East Rock
 "A Daring Adventure.
 A London dispatch gives particulars of the death of Professor John Tyndall, who passed away Monday at his home in Hazel ! mere, county of Surrey, England. This distinguished man had suffered from in- somnia and rheumatism for several weeks, but rallied few days ago. A severe cold caused relapse and hastened his death. He died painleesly. An inquest will be held Thursday.
 A dispatch from Hazsimere states that Professor Tyndall's death was caused by an overdose of chloral It has been learned that he was accustomed to take chloral to alleviate his sufferings from indigestion, rheumatism and insomnia.
 Professor Tyndsll visited this city about fifteen or twenty years ago and gave lec- ture. He was entertained by the late Pro- lessor Chester s. Lyman of the Sheffield scientific school, who gave him reception, which was attended by many of the most distinguished men of this city. Daring his stay in New Haven he climbed up the face of East rock and saw the numeral of some class in Yale college painted there Professor Tyndall Is supposed to be the only person who ever climbed up the face of the rock, as the man who painted the class numeral was let down by a rope. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
 In the death of John Tyndall, famous man of science, whose writings have be- come familiar to every reader of scientific subjects, has passed away. He was one of the best known teachers of recent years, becauee he knew how to popularizs his subjects.
 Re was born at Leighlin Bridge, near Carlow, Ireland, August 21, 1890. At the age of nineteen his fondness for geometry and kindred studies had manifested itself and he joined the Irish Ordnance Survey, where he acquired practical knowledge of every branch, becoming draughtsman, computer, surveyor and trigouometrical observer.
 His studies were pursued with ardor until at the age of twenty-eight he began the researches which made him in later years one of the foremost scientists of his generation. He studied under Bunsen, Gsrling, Knoblsuch, Stegman and Magnus
 In 1852 he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institu- tion and retained the ofise over twenty five years. From 1849 until nearly the end of his life his studies of the Alpine glaciers were prosecuted, and resulted in the publication of "The Glaciers of the Alps" and several other works.
 His investigations were various in their character and always fundamental. They | were particularly directed toward the ex 1 animation of the molecular constitution of 1 matter. From 1859 to 1869 his researches in radiant heat attracted general attention, and soma of his discoveries Were consid | cred most remarkable.
 l Among tEe principal wArks Of which he was the author may ba mentioned ''The Glaciers of the Alps" Mountaineering"
 "Heat Considered as Mode of NJ tion, D
 "On Radiation" Fragments of Science" 7"
 ''Notes on Light" "Notes on Electricity"
 "The Forms of Water in Clouds and Riv-
 CTS, Ice and Glacers," "Eseays on the
 Floating Matter of the Air in Relation to
 Putrefaction and InfectioD," and number of miscellaneous addresses on all kinds of
 scientific subjects. He posssssea in an en-
 inent degree the power of clear explanation
 and vivid illustration, gifts which made
 him popular, both as lecturer and g
 writer, in degree which Is not common
 among scientific teachers. His methods.
 indeed, did not always meet with the ap
 proval of scientists of more conservative
 mind and lees fervid imagination than him
 self.
 Professor Tyndall was married ia 187t
 to Louisa Claud Hamilton, eldest daughter
 of Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton.
 He was long an intimate friend of Farrs
 day. The intimacy began about 1852 ane
 was also broken by the latter's death. Tn
 publication of an essay by TyEdan on tn cleavage of slate rocks was the cause of hi
 joining Professor Huxley in trip to visi
 the Swiss glaciers in 1856 He repeated this journey in the three following years and at Christmas, 1859. he succeeded in at taining the Montanvert, through thicl snow storm, and remained there for thre
 days, determining the winter motion of tn Mer de Glace It was in this year also ths he began his researches into the propertie of radiant heat, and the relations betwee, 1t and the gaseous form of matter
 which resulted in discoveries Of mucl interest aud value and greatly en l uAAcSu HIS laLuS AS u bC!eutlAt. A uun U0 of his memoirs in Philosophical transse , tions are devoted to this subject. h 195 Cambridge university conferred upon hin the degree of IL D., an example whic :, Edinburgh followed in 1866, when Carlyl was installed ss rector. The next fv , years were psesed in literary activity an lecturing, and at the end of that perio he visited the United States on leoturin ] tour, delivering thirty-hve addresses Ii
 different places to crowded audiences. I , a pecuniary sense the trip was peculiarl ! successful. After paying expenses thsr remained a surplus of $23 900, and befor !, leaving for Europe he placed this sun i
 the hands of a committee to be expende for the benefit of students engaged in orig ] inal research.
 Interesting incidents Of his life are a 5 follows:
 In 1844 the railroad mania became cpl , demic, and spectators vied with eao
 other from one end of England to tn , other in dsvising new routes and in float . ing stock in all sorts or enterprises o a more or less feasibility. Young Tyndsl
 obtained situation with Mancheste
 engineering operations, which were carrie' on under the highest possible rate of pres e sure. From daylight to dark he was a . work in the field. chiefly in S.effordshire : Cheshire, Lancashire, Durham and York shire, and often endured positive hardship from hunger, fatigue and expos sure in tn E struggle to complete the nec= sssry plan
 and levels before certain ike. date. Once, infected by the gamblin, which ragged about him, he invested hi hoarded earnings in stock, which he sol; three weeks afterward, for what he pait for it, being unable to bear the sdditiona
 strain and anxiety which it's possession i'm
 poeed upon him. At one time he though
 of emigrating to the United States, wher'
 he had relatives, but he was dissuadet
 from that step and in 1S47, when railroad , work was dull he accepted the post of mas ter in Queenswood college, Hampshire where he formed ths acquaintance of Dr
 Frank land, who was in charge of the chem
 ical laboratory of the institution and fur nished him with the means of prosecuting
 those studies which revealed his epecia
 qualifications for scientific investga
 tton, and determine his future course
 in life By rigid economy he con
 trived to save little money, and in 1848
 he was able to put long cherished scheme into execution. In company with his friend Frankland, he left England for
 Marburg university in Hesss Csssel, where
 he began 8 systematic study of chemistry
 under Professor Bunsen and other emi- l nent teachera dsvofino rrch time slsn to