On The Various Forces Of Nature And Their Relations To Each Other Illustrated Edition

A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the Royal Institution. Reprinted from the Chatto & Windus new edition of 1894, complete with illustrations.

On the Various Forces of Nature and Their Relations to Each Other is a work by Michael Faraday. The author presents an overview of gravity, electricity and magnetism.

Reproduction of the original: On the Various Forces of Nature and the Relations to Each Other by Michael Faraday

Which was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without force, or of force without matter. (W. Crookes in On the various forces of nature and their relations to each other) The following publication presents the collection of lectures, discourses and speculations of Professor Faraday. Contents: THE FORCE OF GRAVITATION GRAVITATION—COHESION COHESION—CHEMICAL AFFINITY CHEMICAL AFFINITY—HEAT MAGNETISM—ELECTRICITY THE CORRELATION OF THE PHYSICAL FORCES LECTURE ON LIGHT-HOUSE ILLUMINATION—THE ELECTRIC LIGHT Michael Faraday was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.