MICHAEL FARADAY
\mˈa͡ɪkə͡l fˈaɹɐdˌe͡ɪ], \mˈaɪkəl fˈaɹɐdˌeɪ], \m_ˈaɪ_k_əl f_ˈa_ɹ_ɐ_d_ˌeɪ]\
Definitions of MICHAEL FARADAY
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- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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By Princeton University
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An English physicist and chemist of great authority; born in Newington Butts, near London, Sept. 22, 1791; died in Hampton Court, Aug. 25, 1867. His achievements in the departments of chemistry and electrical induction and magnetism are of permanent importance; and his works, particularly "Experimental Researches in Electricity" (1832-55); "Chemical Manipulations" (1843); "Experimental Researches in Chemistry" (new ed. 1882); and "Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle" (3d ed. 1874), are repositories of valuable knowledge.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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