Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-16

N0lIElble ACCESSION 10 inc Siltu ttEAlt
Of practical physicists then working
IN London. He communicated 10 Pro
feSsor Faraday Il series of experiments
on magnetism Of such value as 10 lead
10 his immediate election rs a fellow
Of the Royal Society, and in the fol
lowing year he became one of the scc-
rctaries Of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science in its
section of physics.
In 1852 Tyndall was along With
Thomas H. Huxley, an unsuccessful
applicant for a PROFESSIONAL chair IN
The University of Toronto, Canada. In
February, 1893. ne was invited TO give
one OF the Friday evening lectures at
the Royal Institution and acquitted
himself SO brilliantly that in June OF
the same year ne was elected profcs
sor Of natural philosophy in that in
Stltutiou and in tho government school
of mines, which posts he filed during
the greater portion IF his public career.
He first visited the Alps in 1919,
made second visit in 1856, In com
pany with Professor Huxley, and
thcnccforth spent his annual vacations
there for several years. lie made i'm
portaHt researches upon the motions
of the NIer de GlaCc, established with
the aid of Dr. Frankland a series Of
Ihcrmometric stations upon the sides
and summit of Mont Blanc, scaled for
the first time the summit of the
Wcisshorn OSGll and in 1865 reached
the summit Of the Matterhorn, cross
ING il from Breuil to Iermatt He
published the results of his Alpine re
searches in the Philosophical Transac-
tions for 1888 and 1860, and in three
separate volumes Glaciers of the Alps
1SGW, Mountaineering in 1861 1S62l
and Hours of Exercise i'm the Alps
.1S7ll
Professor Tyndall opposed the
views of Agassiz and Of Professor j.
u. Forbes, of Edinhurg, upon the
causes and some of the phenomena Of
glacial formation and motion, which
he ascribed respectfully to mechanical
pressure and to regulation, and he had
a prolonged controversy Wit, Principal
Forbes upon the subject.
In 1899 he commenced his memorable
researches upon radiant heat, which
disclosed unsupported relations be
tween radiation and the gaseous forms
Of matter. ana published in 1863, his
epoch making volume upon Heat Con
sidered as a Mode Of Motion cnbody-
ing therein the substance OF q course
of lectures given in 1862 at the Royal
Institution He delivered, in 1868, the
Rede lecture ON Radiation; succeeded
Faraday at Trinity House in 1866, and,
as superintendent OF the Royal insti-
tuition. published in 1867, volume
on Sound, a Course of Eight lectures
in 1865 a memorial volume, Faraday
as Discoycrcr; in 1860, Natural Phil
osophy in Easy Lessons; in 1870, Notes
of a Course Of Nine Lectures on Light,
collected series Of his Researches on
Diamagnetism and Magno-C Crystalline
Action; Notes of a Course of Seven
/ Lectures on Electrical Phenomena and
Theories ana Essays on the Use and
Limit of the Imagination i'm Science,
Professor 1yndall visited Algeria to
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1870, and made "a highly successful
lecturing tour in the United States in
I 1872. He delivered thrty-ive lectures,
which returned him $4,000 After
paying expenses a fund of over $4,000
/ remained and this he placed in the
hands Of an American committee as n
/ fund in aid Of students who devote
/ themselves to original research.
lie was the recipient of many honor
airy distinctions. AS early as 1880 he
was made an Ii. u. of Cambridge
/ university; he received the same degree
Tat Edinburg in 1866, and was made a
/ u c. l.. of oxford university on June
+ Is. 1873. on the occasion of his re-
cciying this honorary degree ut OK
ford, Dr. Hcurtlcy, Margaret professor
on divinity, protested against the pro
cecding ON the ground that Professor
iTyndau had signalized himself 10y
writing against and denying the cred
/ ibility of miracles and the efficacy Of
/ prayer
; Notwithstanding the alarm with
which he was for some time viewed
Iby the clergy in general, it is conceded
chat Professor Tyudall was n man OF
deep religious and moral instincts, and
the opposition to his views has been
much moderated during these later
years
Professor Tyndall's last prominent
/ appearance before the public was in
the carly part Of 1890, when heated
correspondent on political subjects tool;
place between him and Sir w Har-
court This correspondence was fol.
lowed by several public addresses, the
most notable being one delivered by
+ the professor at GuilfOrd,