The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: 1849-1855, Volume 4Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most important men of science in nineteenth century Britain. His discoveries of electromagnetic rotations (1821) and electro-magnetic induction (1831) laid the foundations of the modern electrical industry. His discovery of the magneto-optical effect and diamagnetism (1845) led him to formulate the field theory of electro-magnetism, which forms one of the cornerstones of modern physics, and is one of the subjects covered in this volume. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | ix |
Editorial Procedure and Abbreviations | xv |
Note on Sources | xxv |
Introduction | xxvii |
Biographical Register | li |
The Correspondence | 1 |
Previous Publication of Letters | 909 |
Bibliography | 917 |
Index | 947 |
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