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Michael Faraday (/ ˈ f ær ə d eɪ,-d i /; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English physicist and chemist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction , diamagnetism and electrolysis .
Portrait of Michael Faraday is an 1842 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Phillips depicting the English scientist Michael Faraday. [1] [2] [3] Faraday was a leading physicist and chemist who began his career as an assistant to Humphry Davy. Phillips was a noted portraitist of the Regency and early Victorian era.
The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.
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A close-up image of a candle showing the wick and the various parts of the flame; Michael Faraday lectured on "The Chemical History of a Candle".The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures were first held in 1825, [2] and have continued on an annual basis since then except for four years during the Second World War. [3]
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