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| The Correspondence of Michael Faraday. Volume 4, 1849-1855 | Buy a book...
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| Author(s): | F. A. J. L. James (Ed.) |
| Publisher: | IEE |
| ISBN: | 0 8634 1251 3 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 1003pp | |
| Price: | £75.00 |
| Review Date: | 23 May 2000 |
| Review: | This is the fourth of six volumes covering Michael Faraday's life. The 887 letters in this volume, of which nearly two-thirds are published for the first time, deal with the far-reaching changes that occurred in Faraday's life during the first half of the 1850s when he was aged 58-64. At the beginning of this time he resigned from the Athenaeum Club and from the Professorship of Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In his scientific research he undertook major pieces of work on what he called atmospheric magnetism and on lines of forces as well as highly significant, but shorter, pieces of work on telegraphic retardation. He continued to play a prominent role in the Royal Institution, both in its running and in giving lectures. All these any many more aspects of his life are detailed in the letters. |