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Michael Faraday.

back to his bookbinding . But he was now more anxious than ever to relinquish his trade , and follow scientific pursuits . His term of apprenticeship was completed , so that he was free to look about him with a view to findingwork congenial to his tastes . Whilst an apprentice he had ventured to write to Sir Joseph Banks , then President of the Royal Society . He received no reply . His strong desire to be engaged in some scientific occupation now induced him to write to Sir Humphrey Davy ( whose acquaintance he hacl alread

y made ) , expressing his wishes and asking for some employment . Unlike Sir Joseph Banks , Davy replied , kindly pointing out what a harsh mistress science was , ancl recommending him to stick to his trade . Shortly after this an assistant was required in the laboratory , and Faraday was sent for . He had an interview with Sir Humphrey , and was engaged to help him at a salary of 25 s . per weekto commence from March 1 st 1813 .

, , Now he was happy . He hacl obtained the wish of his heart , and was peering with -wistful eyes into the mysteries of nature . His new master was still busy on the explosives , so that Faraday very early learnt something of the clanger of his post , for by the middle of April he hacl experienced four explosions , one of which stunned him so much as to leave

him unconscious tor a while . I efc m spite or all this , the love ot his work increased upon him , ancl he was soon quite at home as chemist ' s assistant . Ho became more earnest than ever in the pursuit of knowledge , was admitted a member of several societies , and at once took a position as a prominent member . Five or six of the members of the Cit y Philosophical Society met him weekly at his rooms to read papers and discuss the subjects in order to improve each other in style and pronounciatioii . We are told in his own

words : " The discipline was very sturdy , the remarks very plain and open , and the results most valuable . " Towards the end of the year he went on a continental tour with Sir Humphrey Davy . We have only to read his journal to find with what zest he entered upon every strange scene , and how minutely he observed everything that was passing . In 1815 he was advanced to a higher position in the laboratory , and a year later his salary was increased to £ 100 per annum . At this time Davy was prosecuting the study of flame , and it is recorded that he was ; " indebted to Mr . Michael Faraday for much able assistance . "

But Faraday was now to take another great step . He began to lecture and to write . His first lecture was delivered before the City Philosophical Society , and his first paper appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Science . Dr . Gladstone , his biographer , says , " The lecture w as on the general properties of matter ; the paper was an analysis of some native caustic lime from Tuscany . Neither was important in itself , but each resembles those little streams which travellers are taken to look at , because they are the sources of mi ghty rivers ; for Faraday became the prince of experimental lecturers , and bis long series of published researches have won for him the highest niche in tho temple of science . "

On June 12 th , 1821 , Mr . Faraday was married to the daughter of Mr . Barnard , a silversmith . He himself calls this "an event which more than any other contributed to his happiness and healthful state of mind . " Writing from Birmingham , some time afterwards , he says , " After all , there is no p leasure like the tranquil pleasures of home , and here—even here- ' —the moment I leave the table I wish I were with you in epiiet . Oh ! what happiness is ours ! My runs into the world in this way only serve to make me esteem that

happiness the more . " The members of the Royal . Institution became acquainted with Faraday ' s ability as a lecturer quite accidentally . Professor Branch , was giving a course of lectures in . 1824 , Faraday helping him ; but one evening , the Professor being absent , his assistant took his place , ancl " lectured with so much ease as to win the complete approval of his audience . "

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TARSHISH; ITS MODERN REPRESENTATIVE. Article 1
THE LEGEND OF THE "QUATUOR CORONATI." Article 4
THE OLD CHARGES OF THE BRITISH FREEMASONS. Article 11
MICHAEL FARADAY. Article 16
THE OLD AND THE NEW TEAR. Article 20
THE RUINS OF PALENQUE. Article 22
THE FLOWERS UPON THE GRAVE. Article 23
THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY: Article 24
BEATRICE. Article 27
A SONNET. Article 29
LENORA. Article 30
EXTRACTS, WITH NOTES, FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LODGE OF FRIENDSHIP, NO. 277, OLDHAM. Article 33
ACROSTIC. Article 36
A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Article 37
BENEFICIENTIA. Article 39
OUTLINE OF A MASONIC LECTURE ON MASONRY IN JAPAN IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Article 40
THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE. Article 42
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Michael Faraday.

back to his bookbinding . But he was now more anxious than ever to relinquish his trade , and follow scientific pursuits . His term of apprenticeship was completed , so that he was free to look about him with a view to findingwork congenial to his tastes . Whilst an apprentice he had ventured to write to Sir Joseph Banks , then President of the Royal Society . He received no reply . His strong desire to be engaged in some scientific occupation now induced him to write to Sir Humphrey Davy ( whose acquaintance he hacl alread

y made ) , expressing his wishes and asking for some employment . Unlike Sir Joseph Banks , Davy replied , kindly pointing out what a harsh mistress science was , ancl recommending him to stick to his trade . Shortly after this an assistant was required in the laboratory , and Faraday was sent for . He had an interview with Sir Humphrey , and was engaged to help him at a salary of 25 s . per weekto commence from March 1 st 1813 .

, , Now he was happy . He hacl obtained the wish of his heart , and was peering with -wistful eyes into the mysteries of nature . His new master was still busy on the explosives , so that Faraday very early learnt something of the clanger of his post , for by the middle of April he hacl experienced four explosions , one of which stunned him so much as to leave

him unconscious tor a while . I efc m spite or all this , the love ot his work increased upon him , ancl he was soon quite at home as chemist ' s assistant . Ho became more earnest than ever in the pursuit of knowledge , was admitted a member of several societies , and at once took a position as a prominent member . Five or six of the members of the Cit y Philosophical Society met him weekly at his rooms to read papers and discuss the subjects in order to improve each other in style and pronounciatioii . We are told in his own

words : " The discipline was very sturdy , the remarks very plain and open , and the results most valuable . " Towards the end of the year he went on a continental tour with Sir Humphrey Davy . We have only to read his journal to find with what zest he entered upon every strange scene , and how minutely he observed everything that was passing . In 1815 he was advanced to a higher position in the laboratory , and a year later his salary was increased to £ 100 per annum . At this time Davy was prosecuting the study of flame , and it is recorded that he was ; " indebted to Mr . Michael Faraday for much able assistance . "

But Faraday was now to take another great step . He began to lecture and to write . His first lecture was delivered before the City Philosophical Society , and his first paper appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Science . Dr . Gladstone , his biographer , says , " The lecture w as on the general properties of matter ; the paper was an analysis of some native caustic lime from Tuscany . Neither was important in itself , but each resembles those little streams which travellers are taken to look at , because they are the sources of mi ghty rivers ; for Faraday became the prince of experimental lecturers , and bis long series of published researches have won for him the highest niche in tho temple of science . "

On June 12 th , 1821 , Mr . Faraday was married to the daughter of Mr . Barnard , a silversmith . He himself calls this "an event which more than any other contributed to his happiness and healthful state of mind . " Writing from Birmingham , some time afterwards , he says , " After all , there is no p leasure like the tranquil pleasures of home , and here—even here- ' —the moment I leave the table I wish I were with you in epiiet . Oh ! what happiness is ours ! My runs into the world in this way only serve to make me esteem that

happiness the more . " The members of the Royal . Institution became acquainted with Faraday ' s ability as a lecturer quite accidentally . Professor Branch , was giving a course of lectures in . 1824 , Faraday helping him ; but one evening , the Professor being absent , his assistant took his place , ancl " lectured with so much ease as to win the complete approval of his audience . "

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