Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, 19th century. Artist: Unknown


Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, 19th century. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His most significant contribution was the Experimental Researches on Electricity which was published over 40 years, where he described his discoveries, including the laws of electromagnetic induction (1831) and the laws of electrolysis (1833). He also discovered the principles of the electric motor and dynamo. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900).


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