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A Brief Account of
Faradayʼs Dayʼs
Michael Faraday was one of the great
scientists of the 19th century. Faraday was
born 22 September 1791 in Newington Butts
in Surrey. (The place where he was born is
now part of London). He was one of 4
children. Faraday came from a relatively
humble background. His father James was a
blacksmith. Faraday had only a basic
education and in 1804 he became an errand
boy for a bookseller. When he was 14 he
became an apprentice bookbinder. However
Michael Faraday became very interested in
science. In 1813 he got a job as a laboratory
assistant at the Royal Institution. Then in
1813-1815 Faraday toured France,
Switzerland, Italy and Southern Germany with
Humphrey Davy. On 12 June 1821 Faraday
married Sarah Barnard. The couple did not
have children.
Michael Faraday was also a devout
member of the Sandemanian Church (a
church founded in Scotland in the 18th
century). Michael Faraday died on 25
August 1867. He was 75. Faraday was
buried in Highgate Cemetery. Today
Faraday is remembered as a great
chemist and physicist and one of the
pioneers of the use of electricity.
Michael Faraday
Note: Previous information directly from http://www.localhistories.org/faraday.html
The same year, 1821 Faraday discovered
electromagnetic rotation. Then in 1831
Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic
induction, the principle behind the electricity
generator. Meanwhile in 1825 Faraday was
made director of the laboratory at the Royal
Institution. Faraday was also an accomplished
chemist. In 1825 he isolated benzene. In 1830
Faraday became professor of chemistry at the
Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. (He held
the post until 1852). In 1836 he became
scientific adviser to Trinity House (the body
responsible for lighthouses).
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The Electro Magnet Induction
It was in the Early 1830ʼs that Michael
Faraday and Joseph Henry, an English
Physicist discovered the electromagnetic
induction. Magnetism produces an
electric current by means electromagnetic induction.
The Faraday Motor
( The Homopolar Motor)
the Homolpolar motor is driven by
magnetic induced in a circular rigid
conductive metal plate. the plate is set
between the poles of an electro magnet
and the magnetic force induces the disc
to move at a speed proportional to the
The Faraday Disc
Generator
The Faraday Generator is pretty similar
to the michaelʼs Homopolar Motor except
that instead of the electricity powering
the magnets and then turning the wheel,
there is a handle which turns a copper
disk (instead of magnetic) and then
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Information sources
http://mrmskelly1.weebly.com/michaelfaradays-inventions-and-discoveries.html
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