Posts Tagged ‘faraday’
The Cuming Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Cuming Museum is the collection of the Cuming Family and is primarily related to local (Southwark) history — it also holds the family bible in which Michael Faraday’s birth is recorded. [Read More]
Royal Institution, London, United Kingdom
The Royal Institution (RI) is the oldest independent research body in the world and has played a startling part in the progress of global science for over 200 years. [Read More]
Larcom St, London, United Kingdom
Charles Babbage was born at 44 Crosby Road, now known as Larcom St, in 1791. [Read More]
37 Hampton Court Road, London, United Kingdom
As a result of his close friendship with the British establishment, Michael Faraday lived here for 19 years until his death in 1867. [Read More]
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, United Kingdom
The tiny lighthouse that still stands at Trinity Buoy Wharf was originally a training ground for lighthouse keepers and is the only lighthouse in London. [Read More]
Electric Telegraph Company, London, United Kingdom
The Electric Telegraph Company was headquartered in Lothbury, opposite the Bank of England, from 1848, where it made a significant impact on the technological development of Britain. [Read More]
Round Pond, London, United Kingdom
Now part of Hyde Park, the Round Pond was an experimentation ground, albeit an unfruitful one, for Michael Faraday. [Read More]
St Augustine, Watling Street, London, United Kingdom
Michael Faraday belonged to a dissenting sect called the Glasites and worshipped in several locations around London, but he had to marry in an Anglican church, close to where St Paul’s Cathedral now stands. [Read More]
Faraday Close, London, United Kingdom
As well as being one of the most lauded scientists of the 19th century, Michael Faraday was a Christian preacher. [Read More]
Cuming Museum, London, United Kingdom
At the Cuming Museum, visitors can see several artifacts belonging to Michael Faraday, including the family bible in which his name was inscribed. [Read More]
