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Tyndall, John
(John Tyn|dall)
Pronunciation:
/ˈtɪnd(ə)l/
(
1820–93
)
, Irish physicist. He is best known for his work on heat but he also worked on the transmission of sound and the scattering of light by suspended particles.
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