Michael Faraday Research Paper

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Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791 in the middle of a technological revolution. At age fourteen, he became an intern to a bookbinder. This gave him an opportunity to learn to read, this is where he began to cultivate his love for science. During this time as an intern for a bookbinder he learned a lot of about different science subjects and decided that one day he would write a book of his own. He became so fascinated that he started spending part of his paycheck on buying chemicals and other material to confirm if what he was reading was fake or not. One day he decided to write a letter to a very known scientist of the time who was Humphry Davy. Humphry Davy worked for the Royal Institute of Science and Faraday wanted to know

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