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Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday. By Adrienne Thompson. Beginning of life…. Born: September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England. He was the son of a blacksmith and didn’t have much of a formal education

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Michael Faraday

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  1. Michael Faraday By Adrienne Thompson

  2. Beginning of life…. • Born: September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England. • He was the son of a blacksmith and didn’t have much of a formal education • By the time he was five, they had hard times because his father’s health was bad. Therefore, he was not able to provide for his family

  3. Beginning of life…. (Cont.) • When he was 14, he left school and started his own apprenticeship. • This is where he began to read a lot and teach himself scientific concepts • He mostly self-taught himself just about anything

  4. Later years…. • In 1810, Faraday started to attend lectures at John Tatum's house. The lectures involved different topics but he was mostly interested in electricity • A couple years later, he went to lectures by the scientist Humphry Davy. After on lecture he sent Davy a 300 page document offering notes on the lectures. Davy was very impressed with him and decided to employ Faraday as an assistant.

  5. His work… • When he first started his work it involved chemistry • One useful piece equipment he made was an early form of the Bunsen burner by mixing air with gas before lighting • This was a better form of higher temperature • This model is still used all over the world

  6. Chemistry work.. • Faraday had a study of chlorine. This led to the discovery of two new chlorides of carbon • He also discovered benzene • Faraday analyzed many new varieties of optical glass. He succeeded in liquefying many common gases as well

  7. Greatest achievement • His development of electro-magnetism and electricity was one of his best achievements • This showed many people that providing a continuous source of electricity was possible in 1821 • Later he was able to develop the first electric dynamo and his theories of electromagnetism were very influential during that time period

  8. Faraday’s Law of Induction This law states that the magnitude of the emf induced in a circuit is proportional to the rate of change of the magnetic flux that cuts across the circuit

  9. Metallic Nanoparticles • He was the first to acknowledge metallic nanoparticles. In 1847 he discovered that the optical properties of gold colloids were different from bulk metal. • This was considered the birth of nanoscience

  10. Credits.. • http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Faraday.html • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/faraday.htm • http://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/michael-faraday.html • http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/207/Faradays-Law-of-Induction.aspx

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