An intimate friend of Faraday once described to me how, when Faraday was endeavouring to explain to Gladstone and several others an important new dis… - Michael Faraday

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An intimate friend of Faraday once described to me how, when Faraday was endeavouring to explain to Gladstone and several others an important new discovery in science Gladstone's only commentary was “but, after all, what use is it?” “Why, sir,” replied Faraday, “there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it!”

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About Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

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Alternative Names: Faraday
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