John Tyndall (1820-93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere. He was a prolific writer and lecturer, who was able to bring experimental physics to a wide audience. While researching his 1860 work, The Glaciers of the Alps, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology. It was extremely popular, with a second edition in the same year, and German and ...
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John Tyndall (1820-93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere. He was a prolific writer and lecturer, who was able to bring experimental physics to a wide audience. While researching his 1860 work, The Glaciers of the Alps, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology. It was extremely popular, with a second edition in the same year, and German and American editions in 1872. He was one of a group of noted Alpinists of the period, making the first ascent of the Weisshorn in Switzerland and finally conquering the Matterhorn in 1868, three years after its first ascent. This account of Victorian climbing expeditions makes fascinating reading, and shows the length an experimental scientist was prepared to go in search of knowledge.
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Add this copy of Hours of exercise in the Alps. to cart. $12.00, fair condition, Sold by DR BOOKS rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Long Beach, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1897 by D. Appleton and Company.
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Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Leather spine is half way detached from one side from binding, one corner of leather totally worn away, previous owners name and date on FFEP, interior clean and complete. x p., 1., 473 p. : front., illus., plates, port.; 21 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plates.
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Very Good. No Jacket. No date. Circa 1899. #666 of 1000. Westminster Editiion. Authorized Edition. Blue/Green cloth. Gilt at top of pages. Boards show mild wear. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Edges chipped. Some foxing. x pages, 1 leaf, 473 pages: frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portrait; 21 cm. Neate 839; Krawczyk 1016 (citing 1st ed). Tyndall (1820-93) was an Irish naturalist, physicist, mathematician and mountaineer as well as a professor of natural history at the Royal Institution. Tyndall went to Switzerland to study glaciers, and co-wrote On the structure and motion of glaciers with T.H. Huxley. Along with Huxley and Darwin, Tyndall was instrumental in helping the public to accept a modern, scientific approach. BMC, XXV, 956.
