This volume includes 70% of previously unpublished letters of Michael Farday spanning half of the 1850s and most of 1860. Topics include Faraday's work on regelation, the transmission of light through gold and his appointment by Emperor Napoleon III to be a Commander of the Legion of Honour.

Inspec keywords: electrical engineering; biographies; electricity; history

Other keywords: electromagnetic rotations; correspondence; electromagnetic induction; magnetooptical effect; AD 1791-1867; electrical industry; Michael Faraday; diamagnetism

Subjects: General electrical engineering topics; Reviews and tutorial papers; resource letters; Biographical, historical, and personal notes