Browsing by Subject "John Tyndall"

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    • Further notes on the genealogy and social history of the Carlow family of John Tyndall (1820-1893) 

      DE ARCE, MIGUEL (2013)
      Using local information and early correspondence we trace aspects of the history of the Carlow family of John Tyndall, concentrating particularly on his sister Emma and several hitherto unknown incidents in her life and ...

    • John Tyndall: Peaks and troughs. 

      DE ARCE, MIGUEL; MacMillan, Norman (2013-07-01)
      The scientist and natural philosopher John Tyndall was known to the public through his lectures and newspaper debates. But, say Miguel DeArce and Norman MacMillan, one of Tyndall?s most famous public speeches, his ...

    • Two forgotten poems by John Tyndall (1841) 

      DE ARCE, MIGUEL; McGING, DEIRDRE; McMILLAN, NORMAN (2013)
      Two poems published by John Tyndall (under the pseudonym "W.S.") in 1841 in his local newspaper The Carlow Sentinel are presented and their historical context revealed. The poems are of a political nature and intended to ...

    • What Tyndall read: provenance, contents and significance of the Proby Bequest to Carlow Library 

      DE ARCE, MIGUEL; MaCMILLAN, NORMAN; NEVIN, MARTIN; FLAHAVAN, CARMEL (CARLOW HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2011-11-30)
      We give a preliminary description of the provenance and contents of the library that the Tyndalls kept in Hind Head House, in Surrey, and the path it followed to end up in the Carlow County Council Library. For the provenance ...