Michael Faraday: Third Edition, with PortraitGladstone, J. H. (John Hall)
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Michael Faraday: Third Edition, with Portrait
Gladstone, J. H. (John Hall)
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
Reid, Miss, reminiscences by, 84.
Religious belief, views on, 99.
Religious character, 90-93.
Researches, early, 19;
on electricity and magnetism, 20, 52, 148, 155, 157;
electrical eel, 116;
telegraphy, 152;
ventilation, 152;
benzol, 154.
Respect paid to others, 66.
Reverence, 65, 69, 81.
Roman Carnival, 15.
Royal Commission on Lights, 134.
Royal Institution, 5, 25, 56, 123, 130;
Faraday laboratory assistant at, 9, 16;
superintendent of house at, 25;
Fullerian Professorship, 27;
relics at, 2, 129.
Royal Society, fellowship, 53;
presidentship declined, 54;
communications to, 52, 144.
S.
Sandemanians, 21, 91;
Faraday's eldership among, 36.
Schönbein, Prof., quoted, 123, 130
Science a branch of education, 101.
Sciences linked together, 149.
Self-respect, 51, 67.
Sensitiveness, 68, 85.
Sermons, Faraday's, 36, 37.
Simple-hearted joyousness, 63, 89.
Simplicity of character, 82, 90.
Sirium _alias_ Vestium, 18.
Social character, 86, 90.
Society of Arts, 21.
Spectrum analysis, 47.
Spiritualists, opinion of, 114.
Submarine cables, 155.
Swiss tour, 119.
T.
Table-turning explained, 114.
Tenacity of purpose, 62.
Thames impure, 131.
Thomson, Sir William, 137, 155.
Thunderstorms enjoyed, 62, 87.
Tomlinson, C., reminiscence by, 108.
Trinity House, 29, 57, 77, 127, 135, 159-166.
Truthfulness, 83, 140.
Tyndall, Professor, reminiscences by, 54, 82, 90;
his "Faraday as a Discoverer," 53.
U.
Unworldliness, 90.
V.
Velocipede riding, 20.
Visitors, attention to, 32, 45.
Visits to the sick, 76.
W.
Walmer, visit to, 38.
Welsh damsel at waterfall, 71.
William IV., 55.
Wiseman, Cardinal, visit of, 92.
Woolwich Academy, 29, 30, 72.
Working, method of, 31, 123.
Y.
Young, James reminiscence by, 132.
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