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THE GREATEST EXPERIMENTER OF ALL TIME

 MICHAEL FARADAY(1791-1867)

Michael Faraday(1791-1867)was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. From his experiments came devices that led to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. It was largely due to his efforts that electricity became highly useful for day to day life.

EARLY YEARS 

Faraday was the son of a poor blacksmith, born in the village of Newington in Surrey, England. He started work as an apprentice bookbinder. Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of most influential scientists in history.

HUMPHRY DAVY'S ASSITANTS

He became an assistant to the great scientists Humphry Davy. Michael Faraday was said to be Davy's greatest discovery.

BENZENE

Faraday discovered the important chemical benzene. Faraday drew huge crowds to his brilliant and entertaining Christmas lectures on science at the Royal Institutions in London.

FIRST PRIMITIVE ELECTRIC MOTOR

In 1821 Faraday showed that the magnetism created by an electric current would make a magnet move. Thus Faraday made the first primitive electric motor. 

THE FIRST DYNAMO

In 1831 Faraday showed that when a magnet moves close to an electric wire, it creates, or induces, an electric current in the wire. Faraday made the first dynamo to generate electricity and so opened the way to the modern age of electricity.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

He laid the basis for electrochemistry, another great modern industry. Faraday coined many technical words like ion, electrode, cathode, and anode etc.

FARADAY CAGE 

A Faraday cage was discovered by Michael Faraday. Perhaps the most dramatic applications of Faraday cages is lighting safety in metallic cars or aircrafts. The metal shell of a microwave oven also acts as a Faraday cage and traps the microwaves inside the oven.

LEGANCY

His discoveries in electricity have continued to have a great influence on our daily lives. Albert Einstein kept a picture of Faraday on his study wall, alongside pictures of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell. Physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, "Faraday was one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time".

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