Michael Faraday

The discoveries of Michael Faraday, made in the basement of the Ri, shaped the modern world.

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Michael Faraday presenting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Credit: Royal Institution
The Michael Faraday statue at the Ri.
Credit: Royal Institution
Michael Faraday in his laboratory. Painting by Harriet Jane Moore

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Michael Faraday at work in main Royal Institution laboratory, shows him standing behind a brick built bench pouring a liquid from one flask to another. The laboratory has bottles on shelves around the wall and larger pieces of apparatus on the floor.

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