Faraday by Faraday Michael, Signed (6 results)

Edited by Frank A J L James. lxv, 1003p., b/w illus., dj, editor's SIGNED presentation copy.

Edited by Frank A J L James. xlix, 673p., b/w illus., dj, editor's SIGNED presentation copy.

Edited on behalf of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by L. Pearce Williams, with the assistance of Rosemary FitzGerald & Oliver Stallybrass. 2 vols. (xii, 538; vii, [539]-1078 [1]p.), b/w illuis., dj, editor's SIGNED presentation copy. With a separate single-page typed erratum in review. Contents: v. 1, 1812-1848. v. 2, 1849-1866.

598 x 443 mm. (sheet); 291 x 241 mm. (image without facsimile signature). Signed by the artist in the stone; Faraday's facsimile signature below the portrait. Edges chipped, two closed marginal tears, scattered foxing. From the rare portfolio titled "Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum", a series of scientific portraits lithographed by Thomas Herbert Maguire that featured prominent naturalists like Richard Owen, Murchison, Yarrell, and Gould, published to support the Ipswich Museum's scientific endeavors in Ipswich, UK.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. This is a rare early state or proof copy of this lovely portrait of Michael Faraday, the greatest figure in the history of elecromagnetism. Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821 1895), a talented lithographer, us best known for his portraits of scientists, especially naturalists. He made this portrait as part of the series Portraits of the Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum. The 60 portraits were privately commissioned by George Ransome, FLS, to celebrate the founding of the Ipswich Museum. They were executed between 1847 and 1852, some from life and others from photographs. The series was then published in 1852 by M. & N. Hanhart with their imprint added. That imprint is found on the vast majority of the portraits present in the National Portrait Gallery, Wellcome Collection and British Museum. The present portrait has no imprint. Remaining in the family until now, it was printed on India paper and mounted, suggesting that it is an artist s proof or first state. RARE. The proof is rare. The issue published by Hanhart is in the National Portrait Gallery series; the present earlier form is in the Wellcome Collection. Provenance: Thomas Henry Maguire, by descent through his family. Tinted lithograph on India paper, octagonal, mounted on card. Mount stained, lithograph in excellent condition. Signed and dated 1851 by Maguier in the image. Framed. Signed by Author(s).

Autograph letter signed by Michael Faraday to William Coffin answering a question regarding the chlorate reaction with sulfuric acid, "or oil of vitriol," in gunpowder. Addressed to William Coffin, it reads, "R[oyal] Institution, January 1, 1849, My dear Sir, I conclude you mean the acid which fires gunpowder - not directly but through the medium of the Chlorate mixture that and is as far as I know the strength liquid Sulfureum and or out of Vitriol. Ever Truly Yours, Michael Faraday." Matted and framed opposite a carte-de-visite ofÂFaradayÂby John Watkins. The entire piece measures 11.25 inches by 14.25 inches.     Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of the most influential scientists in history. It was by his research on the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a direct current that Faraday established the basis for the concept of the electromagnetic field in physics. Faraday also established that magnetism could affect rays of light and that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena. He similarly discovered the principles of electromagnetic induction and diamagnetism, and the laws of electrolysis. His inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became practical for use in technology. As a chemist, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as "anode", "cathode", "electrode" and "ion". Faraday ultimately became the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, a lifetime position.