About this book
This is the first of two related Faraday projects. It is about Faraday and deals more with biographical references to Faraday, outlining the important junctures in his life. The second, On the Various Forces of Nature, consists of lectures by Faraday covering a non-mathematical survey of the fundamental forces of nature and some relationships among them. Future projects will feature the 19th century scientists upon whose shoulders Einstein stood while developing his Theory of Relativity, including Humboldt, Lorentz, Michelson, Morley, Curie and Eddington. Summary by William A Jones
101 Parentage - earliest experiments
202 Early researches - Magnetic Rotations - Liquefaction Gasses
303 Discovery of Magneto-electricity
404 Points of Character
505 Identity of electricities
606 Laws of electro-chemical decomposition
707 Origin of power in the voltaic pile
808 Researches on frictional electricity - induction - theory of contiguous particles
909 Rest needed, visit to Switzerland
1010 Magnetism of light
1111 Discovery of diamagnetism - magne-crystallic action
1212 Supplementary remarks
1313 Magnetism of Flame and gasses - atmospheric magnetism
1414 Speculations - nature of matter - lines of force
1515 Unity and convertibiliby of natural forces - theory of electric current
1616 Summary
1717 Illustrations of character
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