London: Taylor and Francis, 1864. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION EXTRACT OF ONE OF A GROUNDBREAKING SERIES OF PAPERS (OR ‘MEMOIRS’) JOHN TYNDALL WROTE AS HE INVESTIGATED THE ABSORPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY BY GASES. In these papers, Tyndall demonstrates the first quantification and demonstration that atmospheric gases are infrared emitters, in..... More

FULL VOLUME 1st EDITION OF THE 1st QUANTIFICATION & DEMONSTRATION THAT ATMOSPHERIC GASES ARE INFRARED EMITTERS – that they emit heat. What Tyndall discovered is "the first accurate account of how the atmosphere functions" (Kolbert, Field Notes, 35). Before this, many believed that something like what we now call the..... More