INDEX.
- 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].
THE END.
LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.