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As well as telling the story of Faraday's life from his childhood to his position as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, this book looks at the impact of his discoveries on world history. The science behind his investigations into electricity, magnetism and electrolysis is explained through interesting diagrams, and quotes from Faraday and his contemporaries give an insight into this famous scientist's mind. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:in his dress, his cheerfulness of disposition often breaking out in a short crispy laugh, but thoughtful enough when something important is to be done. He has to prepare the apparatus for Brande's lectures, and when the hour has arrived he stands on the right of the Professor, and helps him to produce the strange transformations of the chemical art. And conjurers, indeed, the two appear in the eyes of the youth on the left, who waits upon them, then the "laboratory assistant," now the well-known author, Mr. William Bollaert, from whom I have learnt many details of this period. When not engaged with the lectures, Faraday is manufacturing rare chemicals, or performing commercial analyses, or giving scientific evidence on trials. One of these was a famous one, arising from the Imperial Insurance Company resisting the claim of Severn and King, sugar-bakers ; and in it appeared all the chemists of the day, like knights in the lists, on opposite sides, ready to break a lance with each other.All his spare time Faraday was occupied with original work. Chlorine had a fascination for him, though the yellow choking gas would get out into the room, and he investigated its combinations with carbon, squeezed it into a liquid, and applied it successfully as a disinfectant when fatal fever broke out in the Millbank Penitentiary. Iodine too, another of Davy's elements, was made to join itself to carbon and hydrogen ; and naphthaline was tormented with strong mineral acids. Long, too, he tried to harden steel and prevent its rusting, by alloying it with small quantities of platinum and the rarer metals ; the boy blew the bellows till the crucibles melted, but a few ordinary razors seem tohave been the best results. Far more successful was he in repeating and extending some experiments of Ampere... ... Read more

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The only scientist to appear on the British twenty pound note, Michael Faraday is one of the most recognisable names in the history of science. Faraday's forte was electricity, a revolutionary force in nineteenth-century society. The electric telegraph made mass-communication possible; hopeful inventors during the 1840s looked forward to the day when everything would be done by electricity. By the end of the century, electricity really was in the process of transforming everyday life. What was Faraday's role in all this? How did his science come to have such an impact on the Victorians' (and ultimately on our) lives? Iwan Morus tells the story of his upbringing in scientific London and his apprenticeship at the Royal Institution with the flamboyant chemist, Sir Humphry Davy, against the backdrop of a vibrant scientific culture at the centre of an Empire near the peak of its power. ... Read more

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An ideal starting point, for people interested in the history of electricity.
MICHAEL FARADAY AND THE ELECTRICAL CENTURY by T.R. Mores is a tiny-sized 229 page book, only 4 1/2 inches by 6 inches.There are 14 illustrations, for example, pen-and-ink drawings of the bookbinders where Mr. Faraday worked, of Faraday's invention of a wire carrying an electric current, where the wire rotated around a magnet, and the inside of the Royal Polytechnic Institution.

The Prologue (pages 1-8) tells us that Faraday invented the electric motor, discovered that a moving magnet could cause an electric current to flow, and that Faraday was a working-class hero.Chapter 1 (pages 11-16) disclose the religion of Faraday's family (Sandemanian), where Faraday grew up (Clapham, England), and Mr. Faraday's work in a bookbindery.

Chapter 2 (pages 17-26) tells us about the scientific community in London, which included the Royal Society founded in 1662, with its president Joseph Banks, the Royal Institution, founded in 1799, the Surrey Institution, and the Russell Institution.We learn about lectures on science by Thomas Garnett and Benjamin Thompson.

Chapter 3 (pages 27-32) tells us about Faraday's early activities, e.g., attending scientific lectures by John Tatum, which cost a shilling per lecture, and that Faraday befriended Benjamin Abbot of the City Philosophical Society, and that Faraday attended lectures by Humphry Davy.

Chapter 4 (pages 35-41) provides a biography of Humphry Davy, who early on did experiments on inhaling various kinds of air, e.g., laughing gas (nitrous oxide), and later did experiments on "galvanism," named after Luigi Galvani, and that Davy invented electrolysis ("Davy used the voltaic pile to great effect in his lectures, wowing his audience with spectacular shows of shocks and sparks . . . showing how it could be used to discover new elements by ripping the existing ones apart.").

Further on in the book, we learn about Mr. Faraday's employment at the Royal Institution and his apprenticeship with Davy (page 45), the discovery of iodine (page 48), the controversy involving Faraday's discovery and Wollaston's discovery involving the rotating wire (pages 55-59), Davy's death in 1829 (p. 65), experiments involving electricity and dead people by Aldini and by Ure (pages 71-75), Andrew Crosse's experiments using electricity to grow crystals (pages 76-84), Faraday's marriage in 1821 (p. 101), William Sturgeon's invention of the electromagnet (page 136), and Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831 (pages 168-171).

CONCLUSION.This little book provides a wealth of information in a small space.This feat was accomplished by way of the following literary technique -- there are no imaginary conversations to be found in the book, and there are no fanciful descriptions of what Mr. Faraday had for dinner, and so on.What is especially amazing about this book, is how it skillfully integrates the work of various scientists working (at that time) in England, France, and Italy.Moreover, from time to time, the book reminds us of historic events and literary events taking place at the time, e.g., the French Revolution, and the publication of Mary Shelley's book about Frankenstein.While the book really does not provide any details on elementary electronics, the motivated adolescent reader is free to take a course in high school physics, while adult readers can take an evening course in physics or electronics at a community college.

Great book
This is a great overview of the man Michael Faraday and his times. It is never too technical and reads quite fast. I highly recommend it!

A Well-Focused History of 19th Century Electrical Science
This is not a technical book; it is a history book. The main focus is the development of electrical science, technology and even related showmanship during the 19th century. Technical details are omitted in favor of a well-balanced digression on the related historical and social issues of that period. Although many individuals clearly play important roles in this saga, Michael Faraday is the principal character around which the developments in this important field unfold. This book is very well written in an elegant style. It will be of interest to history buffs as well as those interested in the history of science. ... Read more

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A biography of Michael Faraday. As well as providing his life story and analysis of his work, the text places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; a look at the ongoing impact of his work; and information about his rivals and the men and women who affected his life and work. ... Read more