A light on Albemarle street: John Tyndall and the magic lantern

When:
March 17, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2017-03-17T19:00:00+00:00
2017-03-17T20:30:00+00:00
Where:
Royal Institution
21 Albemarle St
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
Cost:
£14/£7
Contact:
Royal Institution
02074092992

John Tyndall was appointed Professor of the Royal Institution in 1853, and within months was creating spectacular demonstrations using optical projection, culminating in his famous “Lectures on Light” in 1872-3. Using an original tri-unial magic lantern and slides, Jeremy Brooker will show how the lantern illuminated the natural world and attempt live scientific demonstrations in the historic theatre where Tyndall conducted his own experiments.