Helen Czerski
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A real treat today to see the original work of John Tyndall, all still kept at the Royal Institution. He demonstrated the greenhouse effect (using this kit) in 1859, during a very active scientific and mountaineering life.
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Always in Boots
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Great to see it all preserved so well ☺️
Roland Jackson
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It's wonderful stuff. Are you planning something on him?
FishingDude
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His wife must have been beside herself.😔 Important to document & factually, so interpretation can't be used for nefarious reasons. Like with today's information, truth & the internet!
js129.bsky.social
Who was it said you should never read the bottom half of the internet? This started as a nice bit of 19th century science history, then went all macabre.
Helen Czerski
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I was a bit distracted from all that by learning that John Tyndall died from an accidental overdose of sedative, given by his wife. He realised the mistake, but nothing could be done. Way ahead of her time, she called a photographer to the deathbed to take pics (150 years before social media!).