The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: 1849-December 1855 Vol 4 (SP) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: 1849-December 1855 Vol 4 (SP) Book

This volume of Faraday's correspondence with such luminaries as Brunel, Babbage and Schoenbein covers such diverse topics as terrestrial and atmospheric magnetism, the...Read More

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    This collection, in which nearly two-thirds of the letters are previously unpublished, includes discussion of Faraday's work on terrestrial and atmospheric magnetism, his theory of telegraphic retardation, his advice to the British government concerning the war against Russia, and his possible second exclusion from the Sandemanian Church. Major correspondents include the Astronomer Royal G.B. Airy, the chemist Thomas Andrews, the Secretary of the Royal Institution John Barlow, the physician Henry Bruce Jones, the Genevan politician August De La Rive, the French chemist and politician J.B. Dumas, the mathematician Charles Babbage, the engineer I.K. Brunel, and Cambridge philosopher William Whewell.

    Also available:

    The GEC Research Laboratories 1919-1984 - ISBN 9780863411465
    Michael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hints, Suggestions and Objects of Pursuit' of 1822 - ISBN 9780863412554

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET publishes more than 100 new titles every year; a rich mix of books, journals and magazines with a back catalogue of more than 350 books in 18 different subject areas including:

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  • 0863412513
  • 9780863412516
  • Michael Faraday
  • 8 November 1999
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 1048
  • illustrated edition
  • Illustrated
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