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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 .
Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 [1] [2] – May 13, 1878) was an American physicist and inventor who served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. [3]
The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The case has been described as "arguably the most famous unsolved murder case in American history," and has become both a fixture of popular culture and a focus for efforts by amateur detectives.
Volume II, containing correspondence with Johann Wilhelm Ritter and numerous others, including Michael Faraday and Carl Friedrich Gauss. A significant number of Ørsted's papers were made available in English for the first time in a compilation published in 1998: [26] Ørsted, H. C. (1998). Jelved, K.; Jackson, A. D.; Knudsen, O. (eds.).
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.
16-year-old honor roll student Jensen and 17-year-old wrestler Faraday were the Zodiac Killer’s first known victims. According to This Is the Zodiac Speaking, the high school students had been ...
The Michael Faraday Memorial is a monument to the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday. It is located at Elephant Square in Elephant and Castle, London, England.
Before Allen died, he was extensively questioned about his possible role in the killings. ... On December 20, 1968, David Arthur Faraday, 17, and Betty Lou Jensen, 16, were found shot to death on ...