Michael Faraday is one of the great scientists in the history of man's
work in electricity. He was born in a small village near London on
September 11, 1791, in a poor family. His family lived from hand to
mouth. At the age of thirteen Michael went to work in a bookbinder's
shop, because he didn't have much schooling. Some of the scientific
works and articles which passed through his hands aroused his interest
in science and he started to read.
Some time later Michael became a pupil of great scientist of that
time, Sir Humphry Davy. The boy accompanied Davy in his trips to
Europe. The educational value of such trips Was great. Among great men
of science Faraday met Ampere, who had already made a name for himself
in the history of electricity.
Today almost all the electricity we use generated by great
machines with magnets in them, but in those days no one knew how to it.
That's why the English scientist danced with delight on his table when
he got what he wanted by moving the magnet near wire. This was a great
moment in the history of man's electrical experiments. But Faraday
didn't stop at this.
Faraday's scientific interests were varied. He made new kind of
glass and a new kind of steel. Faraday made about two thousand difficult
experiments and made countless discoveries in chemistry and physics. He
made a wonderful machine which was the father of all the great machines
that make electricity today. They light and heat our houses and they
make our radio-sets work. Michael Faraday was the creator of the
electric motor, who ushered us in the electrical age which had changed
the face of the earth.
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