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Experimental Researches in Electricity

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This is NOT Faraday's complete works, despite the implications of its title. A reprint of a 1914 publication, this is the Faraday of the chemical equivalent and the Law of Electrolysis, not the Law of Electromagnetic Induction. The price is right for the Master's own words on investigations into the equivalence of all different sorts of electricity, and his work on electrolysis and voltaic cells. In this work we get to see the reasoning and experiments of this most inquisitive man; we get to see how his discoveries were made, and how Nature slowly yielded her secrets to his simple, persistent inquiries. Here he gives us "cation" and "anion" and also destroys Volta's view of the voltaic cell as an inexhaustible power source. This work shows why chemists rank Faraday as the greatest experimental chemist of the 19th century.

Perhaps "Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading", by Howard J. Fisher, would be more like what a physicist would want. I have not read it myself, but I have heard from a reliable source that this is what physicists would care for. Fisher's work is published by Green Lion Press, which has published a number of other historically important scientific works.

In particular, Green Lion Publishes, in three volumes, the unabridged version of "Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity." This is what the real history maven would want. (...)

THIS BOOK IS EXCELLANT FOR THE SERIOUS STUDENT OR EXPERIMENTOR,AS WELL AS FOR SHEER DELIGHT OF LIESURE READING;MUCH OF THIS WORK IS OBVIOUSLY SET OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE STUDENTS,AND SUCH STUDIES AS THE VOLTAIC PILE AND EARLY ELECTROMAGNETS,CAN BE REPRODUCED WITH EASE-I RECOMMEND THIS AS AN ABSORBING BOOK FOR ALL TO ENJOY:FARADAY THE MASTER!--REGARDS,ALBERT ANDREWS

Where the heck is his book on time travel? Also, why does he wear a tie while stranded on an island? This man is fascinating!

PS - The artist who painted his picture on the cover should be fired. Faraday looks nothing like that.