michael faraday法拉第简介.ppt

Michael Faraday法拉第
Michael Faraday法拉第
One of the most prominent scientists of the19th century,Michael Faraday made significant contributions to both physics and discovered the phenomenon know as ic induction by observing that current flows in a wire that is moved through a ic field .His discovery of ic induction contributed to the development of Maxwell’s equations,and led to the invention of the electric ’s earlier work in chemistry included articulating the laws of electrolysis and the discovery of benzene.
Faraday, Michael (1791-1867), British physicist and chemist, best known for his discoveries of ic induction and of the laws of electrolysis.
Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington, Surrey, England. He was the son of a blacksmith and received little formal education. While apprenticed to a bookbinder in London, he read books on scientific subjects and experimented with electricity.
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In 1812 he attended a series of lectures given by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy and forwarded the notes he took at these lectures to Davy, together with a request for employment. Davy employed Faraday as an assistant in his chemical laboratory at the Royal Institution and in 1813 took Faraday with him on an extended tour of Europe. Faraday was elected to the Royal Society in 1824 and the following year was appointed director