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Experimental Researches in Electricity by Michael Faraday, Nov. 1831 Working with direct current and magnets, Michael Faraday established the basis for our understanding of electromagnetism. The paper from which this sketch is captured discusses his research on induction, as well as electromagnetism. It describes in detail his construction of a gigantic induction helix out of 406 feet of copper wire and a battery with 100 pairs of 4-inch contact plates. It is kind of fun to realize that his paper uses the term Ampere not as an SI base unit, but to describe his predecessor and fellow electricity researcher, André-Marie Ampère. Royal SocietyNewton, Darwin, and all your other favorites On many a college campus is inscribed somewhere or other the words of Isaac Newton, who in 1676 said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Among those raising his stature you could probably count...