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Michael Faraday (/ ˈ f ær ə d eɪ,-d i /; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction , diamagnetism , and electrolysis .
The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.
A close-up image of a candle showing the wick and the various parts of the flame; Michael Faraday lectured on "The Chemical History of a Candle".The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures were first held in 1825, [2] and have continued on an annual basis since then except for four years during the Second World War. [3]
Volume II, containing correspondence with Johann Wilhelm Ritter and numerous others, including Michael Faraday and Carl Friedrich Gauss. A significant number of Ørsted's papers were made available in English for the first time in a compilation published in 1998: [26] Ørsted, H. C. (1998). Jelved, K.; Jackson, A. D.; Knudsen, O. (eds.).
The Royal Society of London Michael Faraday Prize is awarded for "excellence in communicating science to UK audiences". [1] Named after Michael Faraday , the medal itself is made of silver gilt, and is accompanied by a purse of £2500.
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Letters between Faraday and Moore survive at the Institution of Engineering and Technology. She, and her family, were close with the Swiss-born artist Henry Fuseli. [2] She was the eldest of the five children of James Carrick Moore (1762–1860) and Harriet Henderson (1779–1866).
Michael Richards, 74, has entertained millions of viewers with his portrayal of Cosmo Kramer on the long-running sitcom “Seinfeld.” But his most important audience was one 9-year-old boy: his ...