Michael Faraday

ID: SIA2012-1087 and SA-523

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1830s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 8, Folder: 2 Michael Faraday

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Summary

Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a chemist and physicist at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, discovered electromagnetic induction at the same time, but independently of first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry.

Subject

  • Faraday, Michael 1791-1867
  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Royal Institution of Great Britain

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 8, Folder: 2 Michael Faraday

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1830s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Chemistry
  • Secretaries
  • Physicists
  • Electromagnets
  • Electromagnetism

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

SIA2012-1087 and SA-523

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Portraits ; Medium: Photographic print

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