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