Michael Faraday

              Michael Faraday was born in Newington in England. He was the son of a blacksmith. During his early years, he worked as an apprentice in bookbinding. He attended lectures given by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1812 and developed interest in science. Later, Faraday sent his study notes to Davy with a request for a job and as are result he started to work as Davy’s assistant at the Royal institution in 1813. A year later, he went with Davy on a European tour from which he gained much experience.

               Faraday was the main source of income for the Royal Institution which was facing financial problems. Therefore, he had to work hard for the Institution, after his return. During this period, he was working in the field of glass and steel. He, who performed much chemical analysis, investigated the chlorides of Carbon for Davy. As a result of his work, benzene was discovered in 1825. He also discovered that gases could be liquefied by pressure, in 1823 but the credit of these discoveries went to Davy.

                                       Michael Faraday discovered that if a magnet moved inside moved inside a wire loop, electricity could be generated and if a wire carrying electric current is suspended near a magnet, it revolves round the magnet. He carried out more experiments and later invented the electromagnetic induction. Which he is now world famous. It was in the year 1831 Michael Faraday made the first dynamo. If not for this great discovery of Faraday, we would not have got electricity. All generators and transformers work on the principle of electromagnetic induction that Faraday discovered.

                     Michael Faraday, the father of Electromagnetic induction died on August 25,1867 in Hampton Court the age of Seventy Six.