MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1869)
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Faraday had rejected the concept of electricity as a ‘fluid’ and instead visualised its ‘fields’ with lines of force at their edges – the lines of force demonstrated by the pattern of iron fillings around a magnet. This meant that action at a distance simply did not happen, but things moved only when they encountered…
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Michael Faraday, 1791 – 1867. English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870 Stock Photo - Alamy
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Michael Faraday is born, September 22, 1791 - EDN
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