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The biography traces Michael Faraday’s rise from modest early circumstances and limited schooling through his long association with the Royal Institution, outlining successive periods of experimental research in electricity, magnetism, and related phenomena and describing the apparatus and demonstrations that supported his discoveries. It also relates his public lectures, later years, and personal convictions, and presents reflections on scientific method, education, and religion, supplemented by illustrative plates and unpublished notebook excerpts that illuminate his working processes.

INDEX

  • Abbott, Benjamin, 7, 8, 97, 227;
  • letters to, 7, 9, 15, 22, 25, 26, 41, 44, 228
  • Acoustical researches, 136
  • Action at a distance unthinkable, 128, 153, 157, 216
  • Admiralty, Scientific adviser to the, 68
  • Æther, the, Speculations upon, 193, 213
  • Airy, Sir George, Dispute with, 269
  • Aloofness from scientific organisations, 264
  • Ampère, Andrée Marie:
  • Meeting with, 19;
  • his researches, 80, 82, 85, 105, 126
  • Analyst, Faraday’s professional work as, 51, 61, 63, 274
  • Anderson, Sergeant:
  • engaged as assistant, 96;
  • his implicit obedience, 97, 242
  • Andrews, Professor T., Letter to, 273
  • Apparatus, Simplicity of, 239
  • Arago, F.:
  • Meeting with, 34, 238;
  • his notations, 106, 116, 118;
  • his philosophical reserve, 107
  • Armstrong, Lord, on electrification of steam, 170
  • Artists amongst acquaintances, 246
  • Astley’s Theatre, 51
  • Athenæum Club, 59
  • Atmospheric magnetism, 206, 209, 210
  • Atoms or centres of force, 241
  • Autobiographical notes, 8, 17, 50, 58, 70, 71, 73, 76, 223, 243
  • B.
  • Babbage, Charles, 107, 116, 262
  • Barnard, Edward, 46
  • ——, Frank, 250, 286
  • ——, George, 46, 51, 74, 89, 224, 246, 294
  • ——, Miss Jane, 46, 259
  • ——, —— Sarah (Mrs. Faraday), 46, 294
  • Becker, Dr., Letter to, 244
  • Bence Jones’s “Life and Letters of Faraday,” 7, 26, 40, 43, 48, 57, 58, 78, 108, 199, 226, 231, 293
  • Benzol, Discovery of, 94, 101
  • Bidwell, S., magnetic action of light, 184
  • Biographies of Faraday (see Preface)
  • Boltzmann:
  • on crystalline dielectrics, 166;
  • on the doctrines of Faraday and Maxwell, 216
  • Bookbinding, 5, 6, 17, 249
  • Bookselling, 5, 17, 26, 31
  • Books by Faraday:
  • “On the Means of Obtaining Knowledge,” 41;
  • “Chemical Manipulations,” 101, 233;
  • “On Alleged Decline of Science in England” (editor), 110;
  • “Experimental Researches in Electricity and Magnetism,” 102;
  • “Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics,” 76;
  • “On the Prevention of Dry Rot in Timber,” 149;
  • “Chemistry of a Candle,” 234;
  • “The Forces of Nature,” 234
  • Boots, a home-made pair of, 249
  • Brande, W. F., Prof., 39, 57
  • Breakdown in health, 170, 199, 222, 259
  • British Association, 64, 224, 264, 268, 297
  • Browning, Mrs. E. B., denounces Faraday, 251
  • Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, Letter to, 240
  • C.
  • Cards, Use of, to assist memory, 7, 239
  • Charge, electric, Query as to seat of, 154
  • ——, The nature of an electric, 152
  • Charitable gifts, 245, 296
  • Chemical researches, 45, 82, 87;
  • analysis of caustic lime, 76;
  • new chlorine compounds, 87;
  • liquefaction of chlorine, 93;
  • discovery of benzol, 94;
  • sulpho-naphthalic acid, 100
  • Chemistry, How to examine in, 277
  • Children and Faraday, 233, 235
  • Chlorine, Liquefaction of, 55, 91
  • Christmas lectures, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258
  • City Philosophical Society, 14, 16, 40, 41, 230
  • Clerk Maxwell, J.:
  • article on Faraday, 135;
  • theory of conduction, 155;
  • electromagnetic theory of light, 199;
  • on Faraday’s conception of electric action, 217;
  • letter to, on mathematics, 281
  • Closing days of Faraday’s life, 259
  • Coinage of new words, 116, 143, 144, 163, 188, 205
  • Commonplace books, 40, 89
  • Conduction, Theory of, 155
  • Conservation of energy, 167, 219
  • Contact theory of cells, 168
  • Continent, Visits to, 16, 17, 74, 224
  • Controversy, Detestation of, 268
  • Convolutions of the forces of nature, 167, 172, 269, 270
  • Copper disc experiment, 113
  • Criticism, Uses of, 14, 231, 240, 269
  • Crosse, Mrs. A., Reminiscences of, 233, 245, 270
  • Crystallisation in relation to electric properties, 166, 167
  • Crystals in the magnetic field, 200, 202
  • Current, Conception of a, 146, 163
  • Cutting the magnetic lines, 134, 213
  • Crookes, Sir W., Advice to, 267
  • D.
  • Dalton, John, 65, 226
  • Dance, Mr., gives Faraday tickets, 8;
  • message to, 30
  • Daniell, Prof. J. F., 64
  • Davy, Sir Humphry:
  • lectures of, 8, 36, 227;
  • note to Faraday, 11;
  • engages Faraday, 12;
  • travels abroad, 17;
  • his aristocratic leanings, 25;
  • researches on electric arc, 37;
  • invention of safety lamp, 37, 42, 269;
  • writes to Faraday, 44, 45;
  • misunderstanding with, 56;
  • his jealousy of Faraday, 56, 59;
  • his electromagnetic discovery, 80;
  • and the liquefaction of chlorine, 93
  • Davy-Faraday laboratory, The, 36
  • De la Rive, Auguste, 29, 66, 105, 237;
  • letters to, 29, 185
  • —— —— ——, Gustave, 20, 28, 116, 141;
  • letters to, 83, 85, 91, 207, 267
  • De la Rue, Warren:
  • his lecture, 39;
  • his eclipse photographs, 219
  • Diamagnetic, A, 179
  • —— polarity, 192, 210
  • Diamagnetism, Discovery of, 186
  • Dielectric medium, 153, 159, 163
  • Diploma-book, 271
  • Discharge, electric, Forms of, 137, 162
  • —— ——, Dark, 162
  • Discoveries, Value of, 63, 224, 248
  • Displacement currents, 166
  • Doctrine of conservation of energy, 167, 219
  • —— of correlation of forces, 172, 269, 270
  • —— of electrons, 148
  • Domestic affairs, 49, 69, 244, 257
  • Doubtful knowledge, Aversion for, 46, 92
  • Dry rot in timber, 149
  • Dumas:
  • Reminiscences by, 20, 59, 240;
  • and Arago’s copper, 106;
  • discovery of oxalamide, 137
  • E.
  • Eddy-currents, Effects due to, 107, 191, 204
  • Education, Views on, 278
  • Eel, The electric, 167
  • Electric light for lighthouses, 218, 269
  • Electrical machine, Faraday’s own, 6
  • —— ——, The “new,” 121
  • Electrochemical laws, 141, 147
  • Electrodes, 143
  • Electrolysis, 143
  • Electrolytes, 143
  • Electromagnetic rotations discovered, 51, 83, 87
  • Electromagnetism, Foundations of, 77
  • Electrons, Doctrine of, 148
  • Electrotonic state, 116, 126, 166, 215
  • Elocution, Lessons in, 43, 230
  • Enthusiasm, 15, 89, 225, 240
  • Ether, The (see Æther)
  • Evolution of electricity from magnetism, 108, 114
  • Examinations in chemistry, 277
  • Experiment, Love of, 117, 230, 276
  • —— the touchstone of hypothesis, 221
  • —— versus mathematics, 117, 239, 280
  • Experimental researches in electricity and magnetism:
  • the first series, 113;
  • the last series, 216;
  • Clerk Maxwell on, 218
  • Expert work, 51, 61, 63, 274
  • Explosions in the laboratory, 94
  • F.
  • Faraday, James, 1, 2, 224
  • Faraday, Michael:
  • born, 1;
  • schooling of, 2;
  • goes as errand boy, 3;
  • apprenticed as bookbinder and stationer, 5;
  • journeyman bookbinder, 9;
  • attends Tatum’s lectures, 6;
  • attends Sir H. Davy’s lectures, 8;
  • acts as Davy’s amanuensis, 10;
  • engaged at Royal Institution, 12;
  • his foreign tour with Davy, 16;
  • visits Paris, 18;
  • visits Florence, 21;
  • visits Geneva, 22, 28;
  • returns to Royal Institution, 34;
  • lectures at City Philosophical Society, 40, 43;
  • loyalty to Davy, 42, 59, 269;
  • begins original work, 46;
  • falls in love, 46;
  • his poem to Miss Barnard, 46;
  • his wedding, 49;
  • made superintendent of laboratory, 49, 98;
  • discovers electromagnetic rotations, 51;
  • elected F.R.S., 59;
  • made D.C.L. of Oxford, 65;
  • awarded Copley Medal, 69;
  • declines professorship in London University, 66;
  • receives a pension in Civil List, 72;
  • appointed adviser to Trinity House, 67;
  • appointed elder in Sandemanian church, 293;
  • discovers magneto-electric induction, 112, 115;
  • discovers magneto-optic rotation, 176;
  • discovers diamagnetism, 186;
  • readmitted to Sandemanian church, 297;
  • exposes spiritualistic phenomena, 250;
  • declines Presidency of Royal Society, 255;
  • declines presidency of Royal Institution, 255;
  • resigns professorship at Royal Institution, 259;
  • resigns advisership to Trinity House, 259;
  • resigns eldership in Sandemanian church, 259;
  • decease and funeral, 260
  • ——, Robert, 1, 2, 6, 249, 250
  • ——, Sarah (Mrs. Faraday), 49, 50, 51, 223, 225, 255, 257, 291;
  • letters to, 47, 48, 52, 53, 256
  • Faraday’s father, 1, 2, 224, 289
  • —— mother, 1, 2, 12, 17, 22, 33, 41, 69, 289
  • Fatalism, 52, 288
  • Fees for professional work, 51, 61, 244, 274
  • Field, The magnetic; first use of this term, 188
  • Fishes, electrical, Researches on, 20, 139, 167
  • Fluids, Alleged electric and magnetic, 212, 216, 218
  • Foreign travel, 16, 17, 74, 224
  • Fox, Caroline, Reminiscences of, 235
  • Fraser’s Magazine and Faraday’s pension, 72
  • Fresnel’s announcement, 105
  • Friday evenings at the Royal Institution, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259
  • Fuller, John, founds the Fullerian professorships, 36
  • Funeral, 260
  • G.
  • Gases, Liquefaction of, 55, 91, 171
  • ——, Magnetic properties of, 204, 208
  • Gassiot, J. P., Reminiscences by, 13
  • German language, Views on the, 280
  • Gladstone, Dr. J. Hall, 69, 290
  • Glass, Researches on, 95
  • Glassites (see Sandemanians)
  • Gold, Optical properties of, 219
  • Gravity in relation to electricity, 204, 220, 285
  • ——, Speculations as to, 195, 203
  • Grove, Sir Wm., 263, 269
  • Gymnotus, 167
  • H.
  • Hachette, Letter to, 266
  • Hampton Court, House at, 257, 258
  • Hare, R., Letter to, 269
  • Harris, Sir W. Snow, 64, 269
  • Heat, Effect of, on magnetism, 208
  • Heavy-glass, 100, 176
  • Helmholtz, Prof. H. von, 282, 283
  • Henry, Professor Joseph, Reminiscence by, 241
  • Herschel, Sir John, 57, 95, 107, 116, 131, 262, 297
  • Home life, 49, 69, 223, 244, 257
  • Honours awarded to Faraday, 69, 199, 244, 255, 271
  • ——, scientific, Views on, 271
  • Hypotheses, Free use of, 221, 241
  • I.
  • Ice a non-conductor, 140
  • ——, Regelation of, 219
  • Identity of electricity from different sources, 137
  • Imagination, Use of the, 160, 227, 276
  • Incandescent electric lamps, 199
  • Income, 68, 245
  • Indignation against wrong, 227
  • Induced currents, 114
  • Induction (electromagnetic), Discovery of, 114
  • —— (electrostatic), or influence, 153
  • ——, Meaning of the term, 119
  • Inductive capacity, 159
  • Influence (see Induction)
  • Inner conflicts, 226, 290
  • Iodine, Davy’s experiments on, 19, 24, 27
  • Ions, Origin of term, 144, 145
  • J.
  • Jenkin, Wm., observes spark at break, 150, 243
  • Jones (see Bence Jones)
  • Journals of foreign travel, 18, 224
  • Juvenile lectures at Royal Institution, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258
  • K.
  • Keble, Rev. J., and the hodge-podge of philosophers, 65
  • Kelvin, Lord:
  • theory of electromotive forces, 148;
  • on theory of magnetic permeability in æolotropic media, 201;
  • on Faraday’s views of electricity, 284;
  • letter from, 285
  • Kerr, Dr. John:
  • electro-optic discovery, 173;
  • magneto-optic discovery, 182
  • Kindliness, 226
  • Knighthood no honour, 273
  • Kundt, Aug., magneto-optic discovery, 182
  • L.
  • Laboratories at Albemarle Street, 36, 51, 66, 80, 84, 96
  • Lateral effects of current, 151, 165, 170
  • Lectures at Royal Institution:
  • Davy’s, 8, 36;
  • Faraday’s first, 227;
  • Juvenile, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258;
  • afternoon, 37, 166
  • ——, Friday night discourses, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259
  • Lectures at the London Institution, 101
  • —— at the British Association, 264
  • —— at St. George’s Hospital, 166
  • —— at Woolwich, 66, 101
  • Lecturing, Views about, 16, 226, 232, 238
  • Letters from Faraday to:
  • Abbott, B., 7, 9, 15, 22, 25, 26, 41, 44, 228;
  • Andrews, T., 273;
  • Barnard, Miss Sarah, 47, 48;
  • Becker, Dr., 244;
  • Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 240;
  • Davy, Sir H., 10;
  • De la Rive, A., 29, 185;
  • De la Rive, G., 83, 85, 91, 207, 267;
  • Deacon, Mrs., 253;
  • Faraday, Mrs., 52, 53, 256;
  • Grove, Sir Wm., 263;
  • Hare, R., 269;
  • Lovelace, Lady, 291;
  • Matteucci, Prof. C., 253, 262, 267;
  • Melbourne, Lord, 71;
  • Moore, Miss, 207;
  • Murray, Mr. John, 234;
  • Paris, Dr. J. A., 10, 93;
  • Percy, Dr. J., 253;
  • Phillips, R., 61, 109, 114, 194, 270, 277;
  • Riebau, G., 30;
  • Royet, Dr. P., 99;
  • Schönbein, Professor, 206, 252;
  • the Deputy-Master of Trinity House, 67;
  • Tyndall, Prof. J., 210, 264, 268, 277, 278, 280;
  • Whewell, Rev. W., 145;
  • Young, Dr. T., 97
  • —— to Faraday:
  • From Sir H. Davy, 44, 45;
  • from Baron Liebig, 225;
  • from Sir W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 285;
  • from Rev. W. Whewell, 116, 144, 145, 163, 205
  • Liebig, J. von, Reminiscences by, 224, 282
  • Light, Action of magnetism on, 176
  • ——, Electromagnetic theory of, 197, 199, 213
  • Lighthouses, Scientific work for, 67, 199, 218, 259
  • Lines of force, 113, 133, 195, 208, 211, 213, 285;
  • vibrations of, 195
  • Liquefaction of gases, 55, 91, 171
  • London University (see University)
  • Love of children, 233, 235
  • ——, Poetical diatribe against, and recantation, 40, 47
  • Lovelace, Lady, Letter to, 291
  • Love-letters of Faraday, 47, 48, 52, 58, 256
  • M.
  • Magnecrystallic forces, 201
  • Magnetic lines, 113, 133, 195, 213, 214
  • Magnetisation by light, 183
  • —— of light, 176
  • Magnetism and cold, 167
  • —— of gases, 204
  • —— of rotation, Alleged, 106, 121
  • Magneto-electric discovery, 95, 112
  • —— induction, 115
  • —— light, 120, 130, 218, 259
  • —— machines, 122, 125, 126, 218, 259
  • Magneto-optical researches, 176, 182, 220
  • Magrath, E., 7, 14, 60, 231
  • Marcet, Mrs., Conversations on Chemistry, 6
  • Masquerier teaches Faraday to draw, 8
  • Mathematics versus experiment, 117, 239, 280
  • ——, Faraday’s views on, 280, 281
  • —— and Faraday’s methods, 217, 282
  • Matteucci, C., Letters to, 253, 262, 267
  • Maxwell (see Clerk Maxwell)
  • Mayo, Herbert, Impromptu by, 117
  • Meat-canning processes, 243
  • Medium, Action in a, 157, 213, 216
  • ——, The part played by the, 128, 153, 158, 194, 213
  • Melbourne, Lord, and Faraday’s pension, 69
  • Memory, Troubles of a defective, 7, 63, 74, 253
  • Mental education, Views on, 278, 292
  • Models, Use of, 104, 239
  • Moigno, Abbé, Reminiscence by, 297
  • Moll, G.:
  • his electromagnets, 120;
  • pamphlet on “Decline of Science,” 110, 262
  • Moore, Miss, Letter to, 207
  • Morichini’s experiments on magnetisation by light, 21, 183
  • Murchison, Sir R., Reminiscence by, 227
  • Music, Enjoyment of, 246
  • N.
  • Natural theology, Views on, 298
  • New electrical machine, 121
  • Newman, Rev. J. H., and the British Association, 65
  • Newton, Mr. Jos., Reminiscence by, 254
  • Nobili and Antinori, their mistake, 266
  • Non-inductive winding, 150
  • Notebooks a better test than examinations, 277
  • ——, Faraday’s own, 8, 50, 73, 87, 90, 91, 108, 111, 118, 129, 141, 143, 150, 153, 156, 167, 177, 180, 181, 182, 220
  • O.
  • Oersted’s discovery of electromagnetism, 77, 78
  • Optical glass, Research on, 95, 100
  • —— illusions, Research on, 136
  • —— relations of electricity, 91, 149, 155, 167, 172, 174, 175
  • —— —— of magnetism, 176, 182, 220
  • Order and method, 68, 99, 200
  • Owen, Lady, Reminiscences by, 236
  • Oxford and the philosophers, 64
  • Oxygen, Magnetic properties of, 208
  • P.
  • Paris, Dr. J. A., Letters to, 10, 93
  • Passive state of iron, 167
  • Peel, Sir Robert, 69, 70, 246
  • Pension:
  • declined, 71;
  • accepted, 72
  • Percy, Dr. John, Letter to, 253
  • Permeability, Magnetic, in crystals, 201
  • —— ——, Research on, 206
  • Personal appearance, 4, 18, 74, 255
  • Phillips, Richard, 7, 44, 52, 54, 57, 59, 61, 84, 87, 193;
  • letters to, 61, 109, 114, 194, 270, 277
  • Phosphorescence, Lectures on, 136, 219
  • Plücker, Julius:
  • on magneto-optic action, 203;
  • shows electric discharge, 240
  • Poetry by Faraday, 40, 47
  • Poisson:
  • on Arago’s rotations, 107;
  • on magnetic theory, 201
  • Polar forces in crystals, 94, 200, 202
  • Polemics in science hateful, 268
  • Poles are only doors, 141, 241
  • Politics, Indifference to, 19, 21, 33, 268
  • Pollock, Lady, Reminiscences by, 235, 254, 257
  • Practical applications of science, 63, 216, 224, 248, 259
  • Preaching, Style of, 293
  • Preservation of Raphael’s cartoons, 246
  • Prince Consort, H.R.H. the, 237, 257, 278
  • Principle of all dynamo machines, 216
  • Priority in discovery, 265
  • Professional work for fees, 51, 61, 274
  • —— —— relinquished, 61, 274, 275
  • Professorship of Chemistry at University College, The, 66, 277;
  • declined, 66
  • Professorships at the Royal Institution, 36
  • Proportional judgment advocated, 242
  • Public Schools Commission, Evidence given before, 278
  • Punch, Caricature in, 252
  • Pusey and science, 65
  • Q.
  • Quarterly Journal of Science, 39, 46, 75, 76, 82, 88, 92, 94, 104
  • Queen Victoria, 257, 297
  • R.
  • Radiant matter, 40
  • Rain torpedo, The, 20
  • Ray-vibrations, Thoughts on, 193
  • Regelation of ice, 219
  • Reid, Miss, Reminiscences by, 223, 231
  • Religious belief, 51, 289, 291
  • Religious character, 71, 244, 245
  • Remuneration of science, 44, 68, 244, 274
  • Repulsions, magnetic, New, 190
  • Research, Royal Institution as place for, 37
  • —— unhampered by other duties, 37
  • Researches, Original:
  • the four degrees of, 241;
  • Faraday’s first, 76;
  • Faraday’s last, 220;
  • division into periods, 75;
  • summary of, 216
  • Residences:
  • Weymouth Street, 2;
  • Royal Institution, 13, 68;
  • Hampton Court Cottage, 258
  • Retardation of discharge, 161
  • Riebau, George:
  • Faraday’s employer, 3, 7, 22;
  • Faraday apprenticed to, 51;
  • letters and messages to, 29, 34
  • Ring, The famous experiment with the, 108
  • Robinson, H. Crabb, Reminiscences by, 8, 236
  • Röntgen on displacement currents, 166
  • Rotation of plane of polarisation of light, 177
  • Rotations, electromagnetic, Discovery of, 51, 83, 87
  • Royal Institution:
  • foundation of, 35;
  • Davy’s lectures at, 8, 36, 39;
  • precarious state of, 22, 29, 35, 36, 68;
  • laboratories of, 36;
  • lectures at the, 37, 166;
  • Christmas lectures, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258;
  • Friday night meetings, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259;
  • Presidency offered and declined, 255
  • Royal Society:
  • first papers read to the, 52, 263;
  • candidature for Fellowship in the, 56, 57, 59;
  • Faraday’s election as Fellow of the, 59;
  • committee on optical glass, 95, 99;
  • Member of Council, 136, 261;
  • Presidency offered to him, 255, 263;
  • dissatisfaction with, 262
  • Ruhmkorff’s induction-coil, 219, 225
  • Rumford, Benjamin Count of:
  • founds the Royal Institution, 35;
  • Faraday dines with, 34
  • S.
  • Sacrifice for Science, 63, 64, 234, 244
  • Safety-lamp:
  • Faraday aids Davy to invent the, 42;
  • controversy about, 269
  • Salaries paid to scientific men, 44, 68, 244, 274
  • Sandemanians, 4, 51, 286
  • Schönbein, Prof., Letters to, 206, 252
  • Science in education, 279
  • —— teaching, Views on, 278
  • Scientific societies, 261
  • Scoffern, Dr., Anecdote by, 280
  • Self-induction investigated, 150, 151
  • Sermons, Faraday’s, 293
  • Shaftesbury, Earl of, 69
  • Sirium, alias Vestium, 46, 77
  • Sisters, His letters to his, 32
  • Smart, B. H., teaches elocution, 43, 230
  • Snow-Harris (see Harris)
  • Social character, 245
  • Society of Arts, 14
  • Source of electromotive force in cell, 168
  • South, Sir James, 6, 57, 69, 70, 97, 262
  • Spark from a magnet, 64, 119, 130
  • Specific inductive capacity, 159
  • Spiritualists, Opinion of, 251
  • Steel, Research on, 82
  • Stinginess of British Government towards science, 274
  • Sturgeon, W.:
  • his invention of the electromagnet, 102, 226;
  • on Arago’s rotations, 107
  • Submarine cables, 161
  • Sunday observance, 24, 51, 55, 224, 295, 297
  • T.
  • Table-turning explained, 251
  • Tatum’s lectures, 6, 14
  • Testimonials of candidates, Repugnance to, 277
  • Thames impurities, 252
  • Thomson, Sir W. (see Kelvin)
  • Thoughts on ray-vibrations, 193
  • Thunderstorms enjoyed, 240
  • Time of propagation of magnetism, 220, 284
  • Toronto, what its university might have been, 277, 278
  • Torpedo, The, 20
  • Trinity House, Scientific adviser to, 67, 199, 218, 259
  • Tubes of force, 211
  • Turner, J. W. M., R.A., Advice to, about pigments, 246
  • Tyndall, Prof.:
  • reminiscences by, 4, 49, 74, 175, 187, 225, 255, 290, 296, 299;
  • his “Faraday as a Discoverer,” 4, 130, 157, 169, 202;
  • letters to, 210, 264, 268, 277, 278, 280
  • U.
  • Utility of discoveries, 63, 224, 248
  • University College, Professorship in, 66, 277
  • University of London:
  • Senator of, 275;
  • degrees in science, 275
  • V.
  • Varley, Cornelius, 5, 294
  • Velocipede riding, 74
  • Vesuvius, Ascents of, 22, 33
  • Vibrations, Thoughts on ray-, 193
  • Visits to the sick, 245, 296
  • Volta, Count Alessandro, Meeting with, 22
  • Volta-electric induction, 115
  • Voltameter, 146
  • W.
  • Water, On freezing of, 203
  • Wellington, The Duke of, on practical application of discovery, 248
  • Wheatstone, Sir Charles:
  • on velocity of discharge, 149, 161;
  • his electric chronoscope, 192
  • Whewell, Rev. W., Correspondence with, about terms, 116, 144, 145, 163, 205
  • White, Walter, Reminiscences by, 253, 263
  • William IV., King, 72, 73
  • Wiseman, Cardinal, Meeting with, 297
  • Wollaston, Dr. W. H., Misunderstanding with, 51, 56, 57, 58, 84, 89
  • Woolwich Academy lectures, 66, 101
  • Working, Method of, 66, 242, 247
  • Y.
  • Young, Dr. T., Letter from, 97
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