Michael Faraday

By Adrienne

Thompson

Born: September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England.

He was the son of a blacksmith and didn’t have much of a formal education

By the time he was five, they had hard times because his father’s health was bad. Therefore, he was not able to provide for his family

Beginning of life….

When he was 14, he left school and started his own apprenticeship.

This is where he began to read a lot and teach himself scientific concepts

He mostly self-taught himself just about anything

Beginning of life…. (Cont.)

In 1810, Faraday started to attend lectures at John Tatum's house. The lectures involved different topics but he was mostly interested in electricity

A couple years later, he went to lectures by the scientist Humphry Davy. After on lecture he sent Davy a 300 page document offering notes on the lectures. Davy was very impressed with him and decided to employ Faraday as an assistant.

Later years….

When he first started his work it involved chemistry

One useful piece equipment he made was an early form of the Bunsen burner by mixing air with gas before lighting

This was a better form of higher temperatureThis model is still used all over the world

His work…

Faraday had a study of chlorine. This led to the discovery of two new chlorides of carbon

He also discovered benzene Faraday analyzed many new varieties of

optical glass. He succeeded in liquefying many common gases as well

Chemistry work..

His development of electro-magnetism and electricity was one of his best achievements

This showed many people that providing a continuous source of electricity was possible in 1821

Later he was able to develop the first electric dynamo and his theories of electromagnetism were very influential during that time period

Greatest achievement

Faraday’s Law of Induction

This law states

that the

magnitude of

the emf induc

ed in a circuit

is proportional

to the rate of

change of the

magnetic flux

that cuts

across the

circuit

He was the first to acknowledge metallic nanoparticles. In 1847 he discovered that the optical properties of gold colloids were different from bulk metal.

This was considered the birth of nanoscience

Metallic Nanoparticles

http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Faraday.html

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/faraday.htm

http://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/michael-faraday.html

http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/207/Faradays-Law-of-Induction.aspx

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