Course:Chemistry 11, Block A Group Members: Shirley Bi, Szeki Ho, Wynee Leung,Gabriel Matias Chemist:Michael Faraday
Personal Info
Michael Faraday: TheScientificBeastof a Man Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England. His family was on the lower end of the middle class, and the Faraday children only had basic education. Luckily, he was able to educate himself by reading scientific books during the seven years of apprenticeshipto a bookbinder.
During this apprenticeship, Faraday developed interest inscience,chemistry inparticular. In 1812, four lectures were given by the chemist Humphrey Davy at the Royal Institution, in which Faraday attended and took notes. Later in the year, he presented them to Davy asking for a position in science. Davy interviewed him, but said he had no position available. Fortunately for Faraday, in 1813 there was a fight resulting in the dismissal of the Chemical Assistant, so Davy was asked to find a replacement for him. He remembered Faraday and called him for a second interview, after which was that Faraday was appointed Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution on March 1, 1813, in which, he started a second apprenticeship for chemistry.
For most of the 1810s and 1820s, Faraday worked under Davy's replacement, William Thomas Brande. However, between October 1813 and April 1815, Faraday accompanied Davy, as his assistant, on a scientific tour of the Continent. On that tour they visited Paris; Italy where they met the aged Alessandro Volta; visited Mt. Vesuvius; and Davy was able to decompose a diamond into carbon.
Back in England, Faraday went back to being a Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution and continued to learn science from Brande, and occasionally, Davy. He had helped Davy with the Miner's Safety Lamp in 1816 and 1817. Between 1818 and 1822, he worked with James Stoddart* in improving the quality of steel. Faraday was promoted the Superintendent of the House onMay 21st, 1821. Faraday married Sarah Barnard, a member of one of the leading Sandemanian* families in London, on June 2nd 1821.In 1824, Faraday was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1824, appointed director of the laboratory in 1825; and in 1833 he was appointed Fullerian professor of chemistry in the institution for life, without the obligation to deliver lectures.
Michael Faraday
In 1821, Faraday discovered electro-magnetic rotations, which was the principle behind the electric motor. In the 1820s, Faraday liquefied several gases and discovered benzene.
Much of Faraday's time in the late 1820s was spent on working on a project to improve optical glass for the Admiralty, so it wasn't until 1831 that he was able to return to his research on electricity. His discovery of electro-magnetic induction in 1831 commenced a remarkable decade of work. Amongst other things, he rewrote the theory of electro chemistry and established his laws of electrolysis. In 1836, he built the Faraday cage which showed that measurements of electric charge depended on the electrical state of the observer. This observation led Faraday to develop his theory that electricity was the result of varying magnetic forces between particles rather than a fluid, as previously supposed.
In 1855, Faraday's brainpower was failing but still experimented. The results were dissatisfying and the Royal Society didn't publish the results. Faraday was getting older and mentally less acute. As a reward for his lifetime works, Queen Victoria allowed him to use a house at Hampton Court which he accepted gratefully but didn't accept being an honorable knight. After working for 50 years with the Royal Institution, Faraday stopped. On August 25, 1867 he died and was buried at High gate Cemetery, London.
September 22 1797 CE
An English physicist and chemist, Michael Faraday was born
October 27 1813 CE
Faraday was an assistant for Humphrey Davy who had a special privilege from Napoleon to travel across France with Faraday. They traveled investigating his theory of volcanic action
1821 CE
- Michael Faraday invents the first electric motor
- He also plotted the magnetic field around a conductor
1823 CE
Michael Faraday liquefies chlorine
1831 CE
- Electromagnetic induction was discovered
- Michael Faraday also observes a moving magnet inducing in an electric current
- Invents the electric dynamo and the electric transformer
- Faraday states his Law of Induction
1832 CE
- Adopted the word 'ion' for his belief in currents responsible for carrying current
- Explains his Laws of electrolysis
- As well as stating his Law of Electrolysis
1833 CE
He now develops the Law of Electrolysis
1845 CE
- Faraday observes by magnetism, the rotation of polarized light
- He discovers that external magnetic fields can influence light propagation in a material
1850 CE
Michael Faraday was trying the find the link between gravity and electromagnetism by performing experiments, but it failed
August 25 1867 CE
The English physicist and chemist dies in a place where he lived all his lifetime, in England
Faraday's tombstone at Highgate Cemetery, London
Michael Faraday and his wife Sarah Faraday
A painting Michael Faraday giving a lecture at the Royal Institution
Interesting Facts:
He was quite a handsome young chap.
He had four brothers and sisters. No wonder his family was not well off.
He was a triple threat. Michael Faraday was a chemist, a physicist, and an author! The smart cookie can write.
Even though he served as an apprentice for seven years, he did not like bookbinding at all. Who would have thought?
After succeeding Davy, he received a pension of 300 pounds a year. No longer was his family sucking on bark after that!
- Faraday's first experiment with electricity and magnetism was on July 12 1812. It was also the first experiment to be recorded and it was the construction of voltaic pile with seven halfpence pieces staked together with seven disks of sheet zinc and six pieces of paper moistened with salt water. In conclusion, the pile decomposed sulphate of magnesia
- The invention known as the " mutual induction " was Faraday's big discovery. He discovered that current passed through the two insulated coils of wire around an iron ring. Also he discovered that there was current induced in the other one.
He was a pacifist. He did not use his knowledge to help create tools of destruction.
Bank Note featuring Michael Faraday
He declined to help the military. He was asked to create poisonous gases for the Crimean War and declined. Imagine the pressure that was on him!
The unit of electrical capacitance was named a farad in honour of the one and only Michael Faraday.
The charge on a mole of electrons (around 96,485 coulombs) was named the Faraday constant, also in honour of him.
In June 1832, the University of Oxford approved Faraday to have an honourary Civil Law Degree.
The man has his face on twenty pound bank notes centuries after his death. Although sadly they are no longer being printed, having your face on legal tender definitely says something about your place in history.
Course: Chemistry 11, Block A
Group Members: Shirley Bi, Szeki Ho, Wynee Leung, Gabriel Matias
Chemist: Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England. His family was on the lower end of the middle class, and the Faraday children only had basic education. Luckily, he was able to educate himself by reading scientific books during the seven years of apprenticeship to a bookbinder.
During this apprenticeship, Faraday developed interest in science, chemistry in particular. In 1812, four lectures were given by the chemist Humphrey Davy at the Royal Institution, in which Faraday attended and took notes. Later in the year, he presented them to Davy asking for a position in science. Davy interviewed him, but said he had no position available. Fortunately for Faraday, in 1813 there was a fight resulting in the dismissal of the Chemical Assistant, so Davy was asked to find a replacement for him. He remembered Faraday and called him for a second interview, after which was that Faraday was appointed Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution on March 1, 1813, in which, he started a second apprenticeship for chemistry.
For most of the 1810s and 1820s, Faraday worked under Davy's replacement, William Thomas Brande. However, between October 1813 and April 1815, Faraday accompanied Davy, as his assistant, on a scientific tour of the Continent. On that tour they visited Paris; Italy where they met the aged Alessandro Volta; visited Mt. Vesuvius; and Davy was able to decompose a diamond into carbon.
Back in England, Faraday went back to being a Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution and continued to learn science from Brande, and occasionally, Davy. He had helped Davy with the Miner's Safety Lamp in 1816 and 1817. Between 1818 and 1822, he worked with James Stoddart* in improving the quality of steel. Faraday was promoted the Superintendent of the House on May 21st, 1821. Faraday married Sarah Barnard, a member of one of the leading Sandemanian* families in London, on June 2nd 1821.In 1824, Faraday was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1824, appointed director of the laboratory in 1825; and in 1833 he was appointed Fullerian professor of chemistry in the institution for life, without the obligation to deliver lectures.
In 1821, Faraday discovered electro-magnetic rotations, which was the principle behind the electric motor. In the 1820s, Faraday liquefied several gases and discovered benzene.
Much of Faraday's time in the late 1820s was spent on working on a project to improve optical glass for the Admiralty, so it wasn't until 1831 that he was able to return to his research on electricity. His discovery of electro-magnetic induction in 1831 commenced a remarkable decade of work. Amongst other things, he rewrote the theory of electro chemistry and established his laws of electrolysis. In 1836, he built the Faraday cage which showed that measurements of electric charge depended on the electrical state of the observer. This observation led Faraday to develop his theory that electricity was the result of varying magnetic forces between particles rather than a fluid, as previously supposed.
In 1855, Faraday's brainpower was failing but still experimented. The results were dissatisfying and the Royal Society didn't publish the results. Faraday was getting older and mentally less acute. As a reward for his lifetime works, Queen Victoria allowed him to use a house at Hampton Court which he accepted gratefully but didn't accept being an honorable knight. After working for 50 years with the Royal Institution, Faraday stopped. On August 25, 1867 he died and was buried at High gate Cemetery, London.
September 22 1797 CE
October 27 1813 CE
1821 CE
- He also plotted the magnetic field around a conductor
1823 CE
1831 CE
- Michael Faraday also observes a moving magnet inducing in an electric current
- Invents the electric dynamo and the electric transformer
- Faraday states his Law of Induction
1832 CE
- Explains his Laws of electrolysis
- As well as stating his Law of Electrolysis
1833 CE
1845 CE
- He discovers that external magnetic fields can influence light propagation in a material
1850 CE
August 25 1867 CE
Interesting Facts:
He was quite a handsome young chap.He had four brothers and sisters. No wonder his family was not well off.
He was a triple threat. Michael Faraday was a chemist, a physicist, and an author! The smart cookie can write.
Even though he served as an apprentice for seven years, he did not like bookbinding at all. Who would have thought?
After succeeding Davy, he received a pension of 300 pounds a year. No longer was his family sucking on bark after that!
- Faraday's first experiment with electricity and magnetism was on July 12 1812. It was also the first experiment to be recorded and it was the construction of voltaic pile with seven halfpence pieces staked together with seven disks of sheet zinc and six pieces of paper moistened with salt water. In conclusion, the pile decomposed sulphate of magnesia
- The invention known as the " mutual induction " was Faraday's big discovery. He discovered that current passed through the two insulated coils of wire around an iron ring. Also he discovered that there was current induced in the other one.
He was a pacifist. He did not use his knowledge to help create tools of destruction.
He declined to help the military. He was asked to create poisonous gases for the Crimean War and declined. Imagine the pressure that was on him!
The unit of electrical capacitance was named a farad in honour of the one and only Michael Faraday.
The charge on a mole of electrons (around 96,485 coulombs) was named the Faraday constant, also in honour of him.
In June 1832, the University of Oxford approved Faraday to have an honourary Civil Law Degree.
The man has his face on twenty pound bank notes centuries after his death. Although sadly they are no longer being printed, having your face on legal tender definitely says something about your place in history.
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