INDEX

Abbott, Benjamin, 7, 8, 97, 227;

letters to, 7, 9, 15, 22, 25, 26, 41, 44, 228

Acoustical researches, 136

Action at a distance unthinkable, 128, 153, 157, 216

Admiralty, Scientific adviser to the, 68

Æther, the, Speculations upon, 193, 213

Airy, Sir George, Dispute with, 269

Aloofness from scientific organisations, 264

Ampère, Andrée Marie:

Meeting with, 19;

his researches, 80, 82, 85, 105, 126

Analyst, Faraday’s professional work as, 51, 61, 63, 274

Anderson, Sergeant:

engaged as assistant, 96;

his implicit obedience, 97, 242

Andrews, Professor T., Letter to, 273

Apparatus, Simplicity of, 239

Arago, F.:

Meeting with, 34, 238;

his notations, 106, 116, 118;

his philosophical reserve, 107

Armstrong, Lord, on electrification of steam, 170

Artists amongst acquaintances, 246

Astley’s Theatre, 51

Athenæum Club, 59

Atmospheric magnetism, 206, 209, 210

Atoms or centres of force, 241

Autobiographical notes, 8, 17, 50, 58, 70, 71, 73, 76, 223, 243

B.

Babbage, Charles, 107, 116, 262

Barnard, Edward, 46

——, Frank, 250, 286

——, George, 46, 51, 74, 89, 224, 246, 294

——, Miss Jane, 46, 259

——, —— Sarah (Mrs. Faraday), 46, 294

Becker, Dr., Letter to, 244

Bence Jones’s “Life and Letters of Faraday,” 7, 26, 40, 43, 48, 57, 58, 78, 108, 199, 226, 231, 293

Benzol, Discovery of, 94, 101

Bidwell, S., magnetic action of light, 184

Biographies of Faraday (see Preface)

Boltzmann:

on crystalline dielectrics, 166;

on the doctrines of Faraday and Maxwell, 216

Bookbinding, 5, 6, 17, 249

Bookselling, 5, 17, 26, 31

Books by Faraday:

“On the Means of Obtaining Knowledge,” 41;

“Chemical Manipulations,” 101, 233;

“On Alleged Decline of Science in England” (editor), 110;

“Experimental Researches in Electricity and Magnetism,” 102;

“Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics,” 76;

“On the Prevention of Dry Rot in Timber,” 149;

“Chemistry of a Candle,” 234;

“The Forces of Nature,” 234

Boots, a home-made pair of, 249

Brande, W. F., Prof., 39, 57

Breakdown in health, 170, 199, 222, 259

British Association, 64, 224, 264, 268, 297

Browning, Mrs. E. B., denounces Faraday, 251

Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, Letter to, 240

C.

Cards, Use of, to assist memory, 7, 239

Charge, electric, Query as to seat of, 154

——, The nature of an electric, 152

Charitable gifts, 245, 296

Chemical researches, 45, 82, 87;

analysis of caustic lime, 76;

new chlorine compounds, 87;

liquefaction of chlorine, 93;

discovery of benzol, 94;

sulpho-naphthalic acid, 100

Chemistry, How to examine in, 277

Children and Faraday, 233, 235

Chlorine, Liquefaction of, 55, 91

Christmas lectures, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258

City Philosophical Society, 14, 16, 40, 41, 230

Clerk Maxwell, J.:

article on Faraday, 135;

theory of conduction, 155;

electromagnetic theory of light, 199;

on Faraday’s conception of electric action, 217;

letter to, on mathematics, 281

Closing days of Faraday’s life, 259

Coinage of new words, 116, 143, 144, 163, 188, 205

Commonplace books, 40, 89

Conduction, Theory of, 155

Conservation of energy, 167, 219

Contact theory of cells, 168

Continent, Visits to, 16, 17, 74, 224

Controversy, Detestation of, 268

Convolutions of the forces of nature, 167, 172, 269, 270

Copper disc experiment, 113

Criticism, Uses of, 14, 231, 240, 269

Crosse, Mrs. A., Reminiscences of, 233, 245, 270

Crystallisation in relation to electric properties, 166, 167

Crystals in the magnetic field, 200, 202

Current, Conception of a, 146, 163

Cutting the magnetic lines, 134, 213

Crookes, Sir W., Advice to, 267

D.

Dalton, John, 65, 226

Dance, Mr., gives Faraday tickets, 8;

message to, 30

Daniell, Prof. J. F., 64

Davy, Sir Humphry:

lectures of, 8, 36, 227;

note to Faraday, 11;

engages Faraday, 12;

travels abroad, 17;

his aristocratic leanings, 25;

researches on electric arc, 37;

invention of safety lamp, 37, 42, 269;

writes to Faraday, 44, 45;

misunderstanding with, 56;

his jealousy of Faraday, 56, 59;

his electromagnetic discovery, 80;

and the liquefaction of chlorine, 93

Davy-Faraday laboratory, The, 36

De la Rive, Auguste, 29, 66, 105, 237;

letters to, 29, 185

—— —— ——, Gustave, 20, 28, 116, 141;

letters to, 83, 85, 91, 207, 267

De la Rue, Warren:

his lecture, 39;

his eclipse photographs, 219

Diamagnetic, A, 179

—— polarity, 192, 210

Diamagnetism, Discovery of, 186

Dielectric medium, 153, 159, 163

Diploma-book, 271

Discharge, electric, Forms of, 137, 162

—— ——, Dark, 162

Discoveries, Value of, 63, 224, 248

Displacement currents, 166

Doctrine of conservation of energy, 167, 219

—— of correlation of forces, 172, 269, 270

—— of electrons, 148

Domestic affairs, 49, 69, 244, 257

Doubtful knowledge, Aversion for, 46, 92

Dry rot in timber, 149

Dumas:

Reminiscences by, 20, 59, 240;

and Arago’s copper, 106;

discovery of oxalamide, 137

E.

Eddy-currents, Effects due to, 107, 191, 204

Education, Views on, 278

Eel, The electric, 167

Electric light for lighthouses, 218, 269

Electrical machine, Faraday’s own, 6

—— ——, The “new,” 121

Electrochemical laws, 141, 147

Electrodes, 143

Electrolysis, 143

Electrolytes, 143

Electromagnetic rotations discovered, 51, 83, 87

Electromagnetism, Foundations of, 77

Electrons, Doctrine of, 148

Electrotonic state, 116, 126, 166, 215

Elocution, Lessons in, 43, 230

Enthusiasm, 15, 89, 225, 240

Ether, The (see Æther)

Evolution of electricity from magnetism, 108, 114

Examinations in chemistry, 277

Experiment, Love of, 117, 230, 276

—— the touchstone of hypothesis, 221

—— versus mathematics, 117, 239, 280

Experimental researches in electricity and magnetism:

the first series, 113;

the last series, 216;

Clerk Maxwell on, 218

Expert work, 51, 61, 63, 274

Explosions in the laboratory, 94

F.

Faraday, James, 1, 2, 224

Faraday, Michael:

born, 1;

schooling of, 2;

goes as errand boy, 3;

apprenticed as bookbinder and stationer, 5;

journeyman bookbinder, 9;

attends Tatum’s lectures, 6;

attends Sir H. Davy’s lectures, 8;

acts as Davy’s amanuensis, 10;

engaged at Royal Institution, 12;

his foreign tour with Davy, 16;

visits Paris, 18;

visits Florence, 21;

visits Geneva, 22, 28;

returns to Royal Institution, 34;

lectures at City Philosophical Society, 40, 43;

loyalty to Davy, 42, 59, 269;

begins original work, 46;

falls in love, 46;

his poem to Miss Barnard, 46;

his wedding, 49;

made superintendent of laboratory, 49, 98;

discovers electromagnetic rotations, 51;

elected F.R.S., 59;

made D.C.L. of Oxford, 65;

awarded Copley Medal, 69;

declines professorship in London University, 66;

receives a pension in Civil List, 72;

appointed adviser to Trinity House, 67;

appointed elder in Sandemanian church, 293;

discovers magneto-electric induction, 112, 115;

discovers magneto-optic rotation, 176;

discovers diamagnetism, 186;

readmitted to Sandemanian church, 297;

exposes spiritualistic phenomena, 250;

declines Presidency of Royal Society, 255;

declines presidency of Royal Institution, 255;

resigns professorship at Royal Institution, 259;

resigns advisership to Trinity House, 259;

resigns eldership in Sandemanian church, 259;

decease and funeral, 260

——, Robert, 1, 2, 6, 249, 250

——, Sarah (Mrs. Faraday), 49, 50, 51, 223, 225, 255, 257, 291;

letters to, 47, 48, 52, 53, 256

Faraday’s father, 1, 2, 224, 289

—— mother, 1, 2, 12, 17, 22, 33, 41, 69, 289

Fatalism, 52, 288

Fees for professional work, 51, 61, 244, 274

Field, The magnetic; first use of this term, 188

Fishes, electrical, Researches on, 20, 139, 167

Fluids, Alleged electric and magnetic, 212, 216, 218

Foreign travel, 16, 17, 74, 224

Fox, Caroline, Reminiscences of, 235

Fraser’s Magazine and Faraday’s pension, 72

Fresnel’s announcement, 105

Friday evenings at the Royal Institution, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259

Fuller, John, founds the Fullerian professorships, 36

Funeral, 260

G.

Gases, Liquefaction of, 55, 91, 171

——, Magnetic properties of, 204, 208

Gassiot, J. P., Reminiscences by, 13

German language, Views on the, 280

Gladstone, Dr. J. Hall, 69, 290

Glass, Researches on, 95

Glassites (see Sandemanians)

Gold, Optical properties of, 219

Gravity in relation to electricity, 204, 220, 285

——, Speculations as to, 195, 203

Grove, Sir Wm., 263, 269

Gymnotus, 167

H.

Hachette, Letter to, 266

Hampton Court, House at, 257, 258

Hare, R., Letter to, 269

Harris, Sir W. Snow, 64, 269

Heat, Effect of, on magnetism, 208

Heavy-glass, 100, 176

Helmholtz, Prof. H. von, 282, 283

Henry, Professor Joseph, Reminiscence by, 241

Herschel, Sir John, 57, 95, 107, 116, 131, 262, 297

Home life, 49, 69, 223, 244, 257

Honours awarded to Faraday, 69, 199, 244, 255, 271

——, scientific, Views on, 271

Hypotheses, Free use of, 221, 241

I.

Ice a non-conductor, 140

——, Regelation of, 219

Identity of electricity from different sources, 137

Imagination, Use of the, 160, 227, 276

Incandescent electric lamps, 199

Income, 68, 245

Indignation against wrong, 227

Induced currents, 114

Induction (electromagnetic), Discovery of, 114

—— (electrostatic), or influence, 153

——, Meaning of the term, 119

Inductive capacity, 159

Influence (see Induction)

Inner conflicts, 226, 290

Iodine, Davy’s experiments on, 19, 24, 27

Ions, Origin of term, 144, 145

J.

Jenkin, Wm., observes spark at break, 150, 243

Jones (see Bence Jones)

Journals of foreign travel, 18, 224

Juvenile lectures at Royal Institution, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258

K.

Keble, Rev. J., and the hodge-podge of philosophers, 65

Kelvin, Lord:

theory of electromotive forces, 148;

on theory of magnetic permeability in æolotropic media, 201;

on Faraday’s views of electricity, 284;

letter from, 285

Kerr, Dr. John:

electro-optic discovery, 173;

magneto-optic discovery, 182

Kindliness, 226

Knighthood no honour, 273

Kundt, Aug., magneto-optic discovery, 182

L.

Laboratories at Albemarle Street, 36, 51, 66, 80, 84, 96

Lateral effects of current, 151, 165, 170

Lectures at Royal Institution:

Davy’s, 8, 36;

Faraday’s first, 227;

Juvenile, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258;

afternoon, 37, 166

——, Friday night discourses, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259

Lectures at the London Institution, 101

—— at the British Association, 264

—— at St. George’s Hospital, 166

—— at Woolwich, 66, 101

Lecturing, Views about, 16, 226, 232, 238

Letters from Faraday to:

Abbott, B., 7, 9, 15, 22, 25, 26, 41, 44, 228;

Andrews, T., 273;

Barnard, Miss Sarah, 47, 48;

Becker, Dr., 244;

Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 240;

Davy, Sir H., 10;

De la Rive, A., 29, 185;

De la Rive, G., 83, 85, 91, 207, 267;

Deacon, Mrs., 253;

Faraday, Mrs., 52, 53, 256;

Grove, Sir Wm., 263;

Hare, R., 269;

Lovelace, Lady, 291;

Matteucci, Prof. C., 253, 262, 267;

Melbourne, Lord, 71;

Moore, Miss, 207;

Murray, Mr. John, 234;

Paris, Dr. J. A., 10, 93;

Percy, Dr. J., 253;

Phillips, R., 61, 109, 114, 194, 270, 277;

Riebau, G., 30;

Royet, Dr. P., 99;

Schönbein, Professor, 206, 252;

the Deputy-Master of Trinity House, 67;

Tyndall, Prof. J., 210, 264, 268, 277, 278, 280;

Whewell, Rev. W., 145;

Young, Dr. T., 97

—— to Faraday:

From Sir H. Davy, 44, 45;

from Baron Liebig, 225;

from Sir W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 285;

from Rev. W. Whewell, 116, 144, 145, 163, 205

Liebig, J. von, Reminiscences by, 224, 282

Light, Action of magnetism on, 176

——, Electromagnetic theory of, 197, 199, 213

Lighthouses, Scientific work for, 67, 199, 218, 259

Lines of force, 113, 133, 195, 208, 211, 213, 285;

vibrations of, 195

Liquefaction of gases, 55, 91, 171

London University (see University)

Love of children, 233, 235

——, Poetical diatribe against, and recantation, 40, 47

Lovelace, Lady, Letter to, 291

Love-letters of Faraday, 47, 48, 52, 58, 256

M.

Magnecrystallic forces, 201

Magnetic lines, 113, 133, 195, 213, 214

Magnetisation by light, 183

—— of light, 176

Magnetism and cold, 167

—— of gases, 204

—— of rotation, Alleged, 106, 121

Magneto-electric discovery, 95, 112

—— induction, 115

—— light, 120, 130, 218, 259

—— machines, 122, 125, 126, 218, 259

Magneto-optical researches, 176, 182, 220

Magrath, E., 7, 14, 60, 231

Marcet, Mrs., Conversations on Chemistry, 6

Masquerier teaches Faraday to draw, 8

Mathematics versus experiment, 117, 239, 280

——, Faraday’s views on, 280, 281

—— and Faraday’s methods, 217, 282

Matteucci, C., Letters to, 253, 262, 267

Maxwell (see Clerk Maxwell)

Mayo, Herbert, Impromptu by, 117

Meat-canning processes, 243

Medium, Action in a, 157, 213, 216

——, The part played by the, 128, 153, 158, 194, 213

Melbourne, Lord, and Faraday’s pension, 69

Memory, Troubles of a defective, 7, 63, 74, 253

Mental education, Views on, 278, 292

Models, Use of, 104, 239

Moigno, Abbé, Reminiscence by, 297

Moll, G.:

his electromagnets, 120;

pamphlet on “Decline of Science,” 110, 262

Moore, Miss, Letter to, 207

Morichini’s experiments on magnetisation by light, 21, 183

Murchison, Sir R., Reminiscence by, 227

Music, Enjoyment of, 246

N.

Natural theology, Views on, 298

New electrical machine, 121

Newman, Rev. J. H., and the British Association, 65

Newton, Mr. Jos., Reminiscence by, 254

Nobili and Antinori, their mistake, 266

Non-inductive winding, 150

Notebooks a better test than examinations, 277

——, Faraday’s own, 8, 50, 73, 87, 90, 91, 108, 111, 118, 129, 141, 143, 150, 153, 156, 167, 177, 180, 181, 182, 220

O.

Oersted’s discovery of electromagnetism, 77, 78

Optical glass, Research on, 95, 100

—— illusions, Research on, 136

—— relations of electricity, 91, 149, 155, 167, 172, 174, 175

—— —— of magnetism, 176, 182, 220

Order and method, 68, 99, 200

Owen, Lady, Reminiscences by, 236

Oxford and the philosophers, 64

Oxygen, Magnetic properties of, 208

P.

Paris, Dr. J. A., Letters to, 10, 93

Passive state of iron, 167

Peel, Sir Robert, 69, 70, 246

Pension:

declined, 71;

accepted, 72

Percy, Dr. John, Letter to, 253

Permeability, Magnetic, in crystals, 201

—— ——, Research on, 206

Personal appearance, 4, 18, 74, 255

Phillips, Richard, 7, 44, 52, 54, 57, 59, 61, 84, 87, 193;

letters to, 61, 109, 114, 194, 270, 277

Phosphorescence, Lectures on, 136, 219

Plücker, Julius:

on magneto-optic action, 203;

shows electric discharge, 240

Poetry by Faraday, 40, 47

Poisson:

on Arago’s rotations, 107;

on magnetic theory, 201

Polar forces in crystals, 94, 200, 202

Polemics in science hateful, 268

Poles are only doors, 141, 241

Politics, Indifference to, 19, 21, 33, 268

Pollock, Lady, Reminiscences by, 235, 254, 257

Practical applications of science, 63, 216, 224, 248, 259

Preaching, Style of, 293

Preservation of Raphael’s cartoons, 246

Prince Consort, H.R.H. the, 237, 257, 278

Principle of all dynamo machines, 216

Priority in discovery, 265

Professional work for fees, 51, 61, 274

—— —— relinquished, 61, 274, 275

Professorship of Chemistry at University College, The, 66, 277;

declined, 66

Professorships at the Royal Institution, 36

Proportional judgment advocated, 242

Public Schools Commission, Evidence given before, 278

Punch, Caricature in, 252

Pusey and science, 65

Q.

Quarterly Journal of Science, 39, 46, 75, 76, 82, 88, 92, 94, 104

Queen Victoria, 257, 297

R.

Radiant matter, 40

Rain torpedo, The, 20

Ray-vibrations, Thoughts on, 193

Regelation of ice, 219

Reid, Miss, Reminiscences by, 223, 231

Religious belief, 51, 289, 291

Religious character, 71, 244, 245

Remuneration of science, 44, 68, 244, 274

Repulsions, magnetic, New, 190

Research, Royal Institution as place for, 37

—— unhampered by other duties, 37

Researches, Original:

the four degrees of, 241;

Faraday’s first, 76;

Faraday’s last, 220;

division into periods, 75;

summary of, 216

Residences:

Weymouth Street, 2;

Royal Institution, 13, 68;

Hampton Court Cottage, 258

Retardation of discharge, 161

Riebau, George:

Faraday’s employer, 3, 7, 22;

Faraday apprenticed to, 51;

letters and messages to, 29, 34

Ring, The famous experiment with the, 108

Robinson, H. Crabb, Reminiscences by, 8, 236

Röntgen on displacement currents, 166

Rotation of plane of polarisation of light, 177

Rotations, electromagnetic, Discovery of, 51, 83, 87

Royal Institution:

foundation of, 35;

Davy’s lectures at, 8, 36, 39;

precarious state of, 22, 29, 35, 36, 68;

laboratories of, 36;

lectures at the, 37, 166;

Christmas lectures, 33, 37, 61, 101, 233, 234, 235, 258;

Friday night meetings, 33, 60, 100, 101, 149, 166, 170, 192, 203, 219, 220, 225, 232, 236, 259;

Presidency offered and declined, 255

Royal Society:

first papers read to the, 52, 263;

candidature for Fellowship in the, 56, 57, 59;

Faraday’s election as Fellow of the, 59;

committee on optical glass, 95, 99;

Member of Council, 136, 261;

Presidency offered to him, 255, 263;

dissatisfaction with, 262

Ruhmkorff’s induction-coil, 219, 225

Rumford, Benjamin Count of:

founds the Royal Institution, 35;

Faraday dines with, 34

S.

Sacrifice for Science, 63, 64, 234, 244

Safety-lamp:

Faraday aids Davy to invent the, 42;

controversy about, 269

Salaries paid to scientific men, 44, 68, 244, 274

Sandemanians, 4, 51, 286

Schönbein, Prof., Letters to, 206, 252

Science in education, 279

—— teaching, Views on, 278

Scientific societies, 261

Scoffern, Dr., Anecdote by, 280

Self-induction investigated, 150, 151

Sermons, Faraday’s, 293

Shaftesbury, Earl of, 69

Sirium, alias Vestium, 46, 77

Sisters, His letters to his, 32

Smart, B. H., teaches elocution, 43, 230

Snow-Harris (see Harris)

Social character, 245

Society of Arts, 14

Source of electromotive force in cell, 168

South, Sir James, 6, 57, 69, 70, 97, 262

Spark from a magnet, 64, 119, 130

Specific inductive capacity, 159

Spiritualists, Opinion of, 251

Steel, Research on, 82

Stinginess of British Government towards science, 274

Sturgeon, W.:

his invention of the electromagnet, 102, 226;

on Arago’s rotations, 107

Submarine cables, 161

Sunday observance, 24, 51, 55, 224, 295, 297

T.

Table-turning explained, 251

Tatum’s lectures, 6, 14

Testimonials of candidates, Repugnance to, 277

Thames impurities, 252

Thomson, Sir W. (see Kelvin)

Thoughts on ray-vibrations, 193

Thunderstorms enjoyed, 240

Time of propagation of magnetism, 220, 284

Toronto, what its university might have been, 277, 278

Torpedo, The, 20

Trinity House, Scientific adviser to, 67, 199, 218, 259

Tubes of force, 211

Turner, J. W. M., R.A., Advice to, about pigments, 246

Tyndall, Prof.:

reminiscences by, 4, 49, 74, 175, 187, 225, 255, 290, 296, 299;

his “Faraday as a Discoverer,” 4, 130, 157, 169, 202;

letters to, 210, 264, 268, 277, 278, 280

U.

Utility of discoveries, 63, 224, 248

University College, Professorship in, 66, 277

University of London:

Senator of, 275;

degrees in science, 275

V.

Varley, Cornelius, 5, 294

Velocipede riding, 74

Vesuvius, Ascents of, 22, 33

Vibrations, Thoughts on ray-, 193

Visits to the sick, 245, 296

Volta, Count Alessandro, Meeting with, 22

Volta-electric induction, 115

Voltameter, 146

W.

Water, On freezing of, 203

Wellington, The Duke of, on practical application of discovery, 248

Wheatstone, Sir Charles:

on velocity of discharge, 149, 161;

his electric chronoscope, 192

Whewell, Rev. W., Correspondence with, about terms, 116, 144, 145, 163, 205

White, Walter, Reminiscences by, 253, 263

William IV., King, 72, 73

Wiseman, Cardinal, Meeting with, 297

Wollaston, Dr. W. H., Misunderstanding with, 51, 56, 57, 58, 84, 89

Woolwich Academy lectures, 66, 101

Working, Method of, 66, 242, 247

Y.

Young, Dr. T., Letter from, 97

Z.

Zeeman’s magneto-optic discovery, 220

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