michael+faraday

 By: D elaney Smith, __Michael Faraday__

Michael Faraday in Newington,surrey, England, on september 22, 1791. Michael was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His early life closely paralleled that of Benjamin Franklin. Both where part of a large family, both where apprenticed in the printing trade, both read voraciously and became self-educated and both loved science.

Michael Faraday was a English book binder who became interested in electricity. He obtained an assistantship in Davy's lab, then began to conduct his own experiments. He wrote a review article on current views about electricity and magnetism in 1821. he reproduced Oersteds experiment.

Michael Faraday used to question everything in sight. He set out the earn his living as an errand boy in a bookbinding shop. Michael's work laid the foundation of many electro- technology inventions. His work led to the making of many devices which gave us devices that modern man cannot do without.

Michael voracious appetite for reading him keep up with developments made by other scientists. In 1821 the phenomenon of electromagnetism was discovered, Faraday took the work further. He built devices to utilize electromagnetism. Ten years later in August 1831, his greatest discovery electromagnetic induction was ready. His experiments continued and the next discovery was the production of steady electric current. And the first generator was born.

Michael experiments with electricity continued and in 1832, he demonstrated that the electricity produced from a battery,static electricity and that induced from a magnet where all the same. He branched into electrochemistry and stated the first and second laws of electrolysis. He thus prepared the base for electrochemistry.

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