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Faraday as a Discoverer John Tyndall

Faraday as a Discoverer By John Tyndall

Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall


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Published in 1868, soon after the death of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), this short but well-informed work by the physicist John Tyndall (1820-93) assesses his career and character as a scientific investigator. Biographical detail is used to illuminate his achievements as one of the nineteenth century's foremost enquiring minds.

Faraday as a Discoverer Summary

Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall

First published in 1868, soon after the death of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), this short work assesses the discoveries made by a humble bookbinder who became one of the foremost scientific investigators of the nineteenth century. Eminently qualified, John Tyndall (1820-93), who received Faraday's support in taking up the professorship of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution in 1853, gives an informed appraisal of a remarkable scientific career. The protege of Sir Humphry Davy, Faraday went on to carry out pioneering work in the fields of electromagnetism, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Tyndall focuses here on Faraday's research, describing his influences and how he approached his investigations, although insights into his character are also incorporated: 'Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano.' Also reissued in this series are The Life and Letters of Faraday (1870), compiled by Henry Bence Jones, and John Hall Gladstone's Michael Faraday (1872).

Table of Contents

1. Parentage; 2. Early research; 3. Discovery of magneto-electricity; 4. Points of character; 5. Identities of electricity; 6. Laws of electro-chemical composition; 7. Origin of power in the voltaic pile; 8. Researches on frictional electricity; 9. Rest needed; 10. Magnetization of light; 11. Discovery of diamagnetism; 12. Supplementary remarks; 13. Magnetism of flame and gases; 14. Speculations; 15. Unity and convertibility of natural forces; 16. Summary; 17. Illustrations of character.

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NLS9781108070072
9781108070072
1108070078
Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2014-03-20
188
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