INDEX.
Reading edition
A.
Abbott, Benjamin, 3.
Abel, F. A., reminiscences by, 30, 71.
Anderson, Sergeant, 31.
Apparatus, simplicity of, 127-131.
Arrow, Sir Frederick, anecdote by, 127.
Astley's Theatre, adventure at, 20.
Athenæum Club, 21, 153.
Atoms, or centres of force? 143.
Autograph persecution, 86.
B.
Barlow, Rev. John, 57;
incident at his house, 68.
Barnard, F., anecdotes by, 81, 84, 131.
Barnard, Miss Jane, 58.
Barrett, W. F., reminiscences by, 72, 138, 142.
Blacksmith's shop, 40, 79.
Blaikley's painting, 35.
Bollaert, William, 19.
Bores, 44.
British Association, 40.
C.
Carpenter, Dr., anecdote by, 107.
Character of Faraday, 60.
Charitable gifts, 75.
"Chemical Manipulation," 52;
quotations from, 126, 127.
Chemical Society, 59.
Children and Faraday, 32, 35, 69.
Churchyard at Oberhofen, 119.
City Philosophical Society, 11, 17.
Close, Captain, anecdotes by, 87, 88.
Colliery explosion at Haswell, 133.
Committees, 42, 114.
Continent, visits to the, 12, 38.
Correspondence, 48.
Crosse, Mrs. A., visit of, 89.
D.
Daniell, Professor, 64.
Davy, Sir Humphry, 7, 8, 16, 17, 67;
his safety-lamp, 16.
De la Rive, A., 76;
sketches by, 139, 146, 170.
Deacon, Mrs., recollections by, 38.
Discoveries, value of, 146, 166.
Domestic affection, 79.
Dumas, sketches by, 66, 145, 171.
E.
Education, views on, 97, 101-104.
Electrical machines, primitive, 3, 129.
Enthusiasm, 62.
Experiment, love of, 127, 137.
Explosions, 10.
F.
Faithfulness, 61.
Faraday, Michael, his birth, 1;
apprenticed to a bookseller, 2, 61;
begins to experiment, 3, 4;
attends Tatum's lectures, 3;
Davy's, 7;
becomes journeyman bookbinder, 8;
engaged by Davy, 8, 9;
his attempts at self-improvement, 11, 12, 20;
travels on the Continent, 12;
gives his first lecture, 17;
writes his first paper, 17;
assists Professor Brande, 19;
his amusements, 20, 40, 42;
marries, 24;
gives courses of lectures, 26;
appointed Fullerian Professor, 27;
his income, 27, 75;
accepts lectureship at Woolwich, 29;
becomes scientific adviser to Trinity House, 29;
his usual day's work, 31;
his Friday evenings, 33;
his juvenile lectures, 35;
his Sunday engagements, 35;
his Wednesday meetings, 37;
his visits to the country, 38;
his correspondence, 48;
his publications, 52;
his honours, 53, 173;
declines presidentship of Royal Society, 54;
refuses and accepts pension, 55;
resigns his appointments, 56, 57;
his last illness, 57;
his death, 59.
Faraday's father, 1, 25, 40, 61, 79.
" mother, 1, 25.
Field, Cyrus, 152.
Firmness with gentleness, 81.
Force, a Proteus, 147.
Foucault, visit to, 66.
Friday evenings at the Royal Institution, 26, 33, 150.
Fuller, John, 27.
Funeral, 59.
G.
Giessbach Falls, 119.
Government and Science, 110.
Graham, Professor, 59, 132.
Gymnotus, 116.
H.
Hampton Court, house at, 56.
Helmholz, Professor, quoted, 149.
Holland, Sir Henry, 46, 55.
Holmes, F. H., 160, 163.
Home life, 25, 31, 38, 79.
Honours, scientific, 53, 173;
views on, 109-113.
Humility, 92.
Humour, 64.
I.
Imagination, 62.
Indignation against wrong, 68.
Infidelity, accusation of, 117.
Inner conflicts, 85.
J.
Jermyn Street, incident at, 126.
Jones, Dr. H. Bence, quoted, 62;
his "Life and Letters of Faraday," 4, 14, 94.
Journals, 14, 119.
Juvenile lectures at Royal Institution, 26, 35.
K.
Kindliness, 69-77, 79, 81.
L.
Laboratory work, 31, 123.
Lectures at Royal Institution, 26, 107, 150.
Lecturing, views on, 104-108.
Letters from Faraday to Abbott, B., 12;
Abel, F. A., 30;
Airy, Sir G. B. (Astronomer Royal), 141;
Andrews, Prof., 110;
Auckland, Lord, 28;
Barnard, F., 51;
Barnard, Miss Sarah, 24;
Becker, Dr., 137;
Coutts, Lady Burdett, 47, 83;
Crosse, Mrs. Andrew, 80;
Deacon, Mrs., 57;
Faraday, Mrs. (his mother), 13;
Faraday, Mrs. (his wife), 24, 25;
Field, F., 95;
Gladstone, J. H., 140;
Inventors, 77;
Joule, J. P., 49, 148;
Managers of Royal Institution, 56;
Matteucci, 67;
Moore, Miss, 50, 144;
Noad, Dr., 73;
Paris, Comte de, 58;
Paris, Dr., 8, 49;
Percy, Dr., 114;
Phillips, R., 157;
Riebau, G., 4;
Schönbein, 114, 120;
Siemens, C. W., 150;
Spiritualist, 115;
Wheatstone, Sir Charles, 46;
Wrottesley, Lord, 111.
Letters to Faraday, from Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 48;
Davy, Sir Humphry, 18;
De la Rive, A., 170;
Whewell, Dr., 143.
Lighthouses, adjustment of apparatus in, 134;
illuminated by electricity, 159-166.
Love of study, 62.
Love to children, 69.
M.
Magnetism, wonder at, 142.
Magneto-electric light, 160-166.
Magrath, Mr., 12, 21.
Mallet, Robert, reminiscences by, 45. 135.
Masquerier, M., 5, 43.
Mathematics, want of, 136.
Mayo, Herbert, impromptu by, 158.
Melbourne, Lord, 55.
Mental and moral greatness conjoined, 88, 121.
Mental education, views on, 97.
Music, 20, 43.
N.
Napoleon III., 48.
Natural theology, views on, 117.
Noad, Dr., 73.
Noble, Mr. (the sculptor), 79.
Note-books, 3, 4, 7, 26.
O.
Orderliness, 125.
P.
Peel, Sir Robert, 55.
Philosopher portrayed, 94, 122.
Philosophers and practical men, 147, 153.
Photometer, special, 128
Playfulness, 41, 63.
Poetry of nature, 87, 119.
Politics, indifference to, 42.
Pollock, Lady, description of Friday evening discourse, 34.
Potato models, 131.
Practical applications of science, 149-153.
Preaching, style of, 36.
Prince Consort, 35.
Pritchard, Rev. C., quoted, 118.
Progress, necessity of, 96, 121.
Publications, scientific, 52, 144.
Public Schools Commission, evidence before, 102.
Punch, verses in, 167.
Q.
Queen Victoria, 47, 56.
R.
Reid, Miss, reminiscences by, 84.
Religious belief, views on, 99.
Religious character, 90-93.
Researches, early, 19;
on electricity and magnetism, 20, 52, 148, 155, 157;
electrical eel, 116;
telegraphy, 152;
ventilation, 152;
benzol, 154.
Respect paid to others, 66.
Reverence, 65, 69, 81.
Roman Carnival, 15.
Royal Commission on Lights, 134.
Royal Institution, 5, 25, 56, 123, 130;
Faraday laboratory assistant at, 9, 16;
superintendent of house at, 25;
Fullerian Professorship, 27;
relics at, 2, 129.
Royal Society, fellowship, 53;
presidentship declined, 54;
communications to, 52, 144.
S.
Sandemanians, 21, 91;
Faraday's eldership among, 36.
Schönbein, Prof., quoted, 123, 130
Science a branch of education, 101.
Sciences linked together, 149.
Self-respect, 51, 67.
Sensitiveness, 68, 85.
Sermons, Faraday's, 36, 37.
Simple-hearted joyousness, 63, 89.
Simplicity of character, 82, 90.
Sirium alias Vestium, 18.
Social character, 86, 90.
Society of Arts, 21.
Spectrum analysis, 47.
Spiritualists, opinion of, 114.
Submarine cables, 155.
Swiss tour, 119.
T.
Table-turning explained, 114.
Tenacity of purpose, 62.
Thames impure, 131.
Thomson, Sir William, 137, 155.
Thunderstorms enjoyed, 62, 87.
Tomlinson, C., reminiscence by, 108.
Trinity House, 29, 57, 77, 127, 135, 159-166.
Truthfulness, 83, 140.
Tyndall, Professor, reminiscences by, 54, 82, 90;
his "Faraday as a Discoverer," 53.
U.
Unworldliness, 90.
V.
Velocipede riding, 20.
Visitors, attention to, 32, 45.
Visits to the sick, 76.
W.
Walmer, visit to, 38.
Welsh damsel at waterfall, 71.
William IV., 55.
Wiseman, Cardinal, visit of, 92.
Woolwich Academy, 29, 30, 72.
Working, method of, 31, 123.
Y.
Young, James reminiscence by, 132.
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