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]
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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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