TYNDALL, JOHN. - CLASSICAL PAPER ON RADIANT HEAT.

Sixth Memoir on Radiation and Absorption. - Influence of Colour and Mechanical Condition on Radiant Heat. Received December 21, 1865 - Read January 18, 1866.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1866 - Vol. 156 - Part I. Pp. 83-96. Clean and fine.

First printing of a pioneer work in the investigation of the manner in which different substances conduct and absorps heat.

"In 1859, Tyndall began the importent series on "Radiant Heat...", for which he received the Rumford Medal in 1869 and produced his classic work, Heat considered as a Mode of Motion (1863). (Bibliotheca Mechanica). - See Milestones of Science No 191.

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