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Place Reviews
The Michael Faraday Museum
at the Royal Institute of Great Britain
London, England
12 Albemarle St.
This small but wonderful museum reflects the efforts of Michael
Faraday and others into the exploration of natural phenomena. In
particular it is interesting to see Faraday's notes on many topic and
view the original apparatus that he used to make some of his
findings. What is striking is the common perceptions of electricity
at the time just before Faraday, and the perception after his vast
contribution to the world of electromagnetism. Before Faraday,
there was a set of strange phenomenon that were experienced
and observed, but poorly understood. People did not see static
electricity as being necessarily related to an electrical circuit or to
lightning. Magnetism was treated as it's own special force. The
chemical electricity achieved from galvanic plates was not
necessarily considered the same force that we see generated in
magnetic coils or biological neurons. It was through great insight
and monumental effort that Faraday and his peers developed a
sort of mini-unification theory of all these natural phenomena. He
developed a series of experiments that demonstrated that they
were indeed what we think of today as electricity. Further, he
invented the electric motor, transformer, and generator. This was
a tremendous achievement for technological advance and for
scientific understanding. But it was also a great advance in the
perspective of humanity for a very important reason: many of these
phenomena were perceived during Faraday's time as emanating
from and evidence for magical spirit realms rather than as
characteristics of the natural world. Faraday demonstrated that
magnetic-motivated movement, arcs of static, electro-chemical
reactions, and static electrical movement were all intelligible
physical phenomena that could be understood clearly as
characteristics of the natural world. Further, he demonstrated that
they were predictable and describable with mathematical rigor.
With a little reading before hand, this is a great place to take
children too because most of the exhibits are accessible from a
low level and relate to many phenomena about which small
children often ask.
Review © Erik L Moore, All Rights Reserved
The Michael Faraday Museum
at the Royal Institute of Great Britain
London, England
12 Albemarle St.
This small but wonderful museum reflects the efforts of Michael
Faraday and others into the exploration of natural phenomena. In
particular it is interesting to see Faraday's notes on many topic and
view the original apparatus that he used to make some of his
findings. What is striking is the common perceptions of electricity
at the time just before Faraday, and the perception after his vast
contribution to the world of electromagnetism. Before Faraday,
there was a set of strange phenomenon that were experienced
and observed, but poorly understood. People did not see static
electricity as being necessarily related to an electrical circuit or to
lightning. Magnetism was treated as it's own special force. The
chemical electricity achieved from galvanic plates was not
necessarily considered the same force that we see generated in
magnetic coils or biological neurons. It was through great insight
and monumental effort that Faraday and his peers developed a
sort of mini-unification theory of all these natural phenomena. He
developed a series of experiments that demonstrated that they
were indeed what we think of today as electricity. Further, he
invented the electric motor, transformer, and generator. This was
a tremendous achievement for technological advance and for
scientific understanding. But it was also a great advance in the
perspective of humanity for a very important reason: many of these
phenomena were perceived during Faraday's time as emanating
from and evidence for magical spirit realms rather than as
characteristics of the natural world. Faraday demonstrated that
magnetic-motivated movement, arcs of static, electro-chemical
reactions, and static electrical movement were all intelligible
physical phenomena that could be understood clearly as
characteristics of the natural world. Further, he demonstrated that
they were predictable and describable with mathematical rigor.
With a little reading before hand, this is a great place to take
children too because most of the exhibits are accessible from a
low level and relate to many phenomena about which small
children often ask.
Review © Erik L Moore, All Rights Reserved
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