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The 16 pages that link to John Tyndall, each with the reason it gives.

• GlacierRelated: His Alpine studies advanced scientific explanations of glacier motion.

• Michael FaradayRelated: Tyndall succeeded Faraday as scientific adviser to the Royal Institution.

• Fiber-optic communicationRelated: The demonstration helped establish the principle behind guiding light in fiber.

• Optical fiberRelated: His demonstrations helped establish that light could follow a bent transparent path.

• Thomas Henry HuxleyRelated: Tyndall shared Huxley’s campaign to establish science in public and educational life.

• Alexander FlemingRelated: Tyndall’s work on airborne contamination foreshadowed the laboratory conditions behind Fleming’s mould observation.

• GlaciologyRelated: His experiments and observations advanced explanations of ice deformation and flow.

• Climate scienceRelated: His laboratory work clarified the physical basis of the greenhouse effect.

• Royal InstitutionRelated: As a professor and lecturer, he extended the institution’s research and public teaching.

• Gutta-perchaRelated: Tyndall helped investigate gutta-percha’s suitability for insulating underwater cables.

• Oliver LodgeRelated: Tyndall taught Lodge at University College London and influenced his scientific formation.

• Victorian scienceRelated: His debates made the boundary between scientific explanation and religious belief a public issue.

• James DewarRelated: Tyndall’s work at the Royal Institution preceded Dewar’s long career there.

• Climate variability and changeRelated: His laboratory work identified gases that influence atmospheric heat transfer.

• History of climate change scienceRelated: His laboratory measurements identified gases that can trap heat in the atmosphere.