Experimental Researches in Electricity

Very informative, I love reading about electrical experiments done before there was much knowledge in the subject, true pioneering.

This is an interesting book from a historical perspective, but the text refers to numerous figures which are missing.

Got burned on this one.... bummer. The entire book is a list of experiments which meant absolutely nothing to me. Probably my fault for not taking heed to a few of the reviews, but I was hoping for a glimpse into the life of this extraordinary man and maybe learn something from it. I read a few pages which describe monotonous experiments in electricity, then read a few more hoping to get to the heart of the book but it just goes on and on and on about procedure after procedure and goes nowhere. My bad for buying this book.

The great work by the great man himself. Only hope Dover follows up this terrific work with part two.

Zero illustrations in this (Space&Time) Experimental Researches.

Michael Faraday was a genius and first rate Scientific mind. He was also a wonderful communicator: all too uncommon a quality in Scientific writing.

Item arrived quickly, undamaged, exactly as advertised - A useful reference work. Thanks !

This is NOT Faraday's complete works, despite the implications of its title. A reprint of a 1914 publication, this is the Faraday of the chemical equivalent and the Law of Electrolysis, not the Law of Electromagnetic Induction. The price is right for the Master's own words on investigations into the equivalence of all different sorts of electricity, and his work on electrolysis and voltaic cells. In this work we get to see the reasoning and experiments of this most inquisitive man; we get to see how his discoveries were made, and how Nature slowly yielded her secrets to his simple, persistent inquiries. Here he gives us "cation" and "anion" and also destroys Volta's view of the voltaic cell as an inexhaustible power source. This work shows why chemists rank Faraday as the greatest experimental chemist of the 19th century.Perhaps "Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading", by Howard J. Fisher, would be more like what a physicist would want. I have not read it myself, but I have heard from a reliable source that this is what physicists would care for. Fisher's work is published by Green Lion Press, which has published a number of other historically important scientific works.In particular, Green Lion Publishes, in three volumes, the unabridged version of "Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity." This is what the real history maven would want. (...)

Superou minhas expectativas!

The Perfect book to know Michael Faraday

Ce livre contient certaines parties des 3 volumes «Experimental Researches in Electricity» publiés par Michael Faraday. Il serait fort utile pour l'acheteur éventuel de savoir quelles sont ces parties. Il contient les séries III, V et VIII du volume 1, et les séries XVI et XVII du volume 2. Les dernières pages de ce livre (317 à 332 reproduisent un échange de lettres («Correspondence on Electricity»).