The following is a list of the works of Michael Faraday:—
Some Observations on the Means of Obtaining Knowledge, 1817; History of the Progress of Electro-Magnetism, 1821; Chemical Manipulation, 1827; edition On the Alleged Decline of Science in England, 1831; On the Practical Prevention of Dry Rot in Timber, 1833; Experimental Researches in Electricity, 3 vols., 1839-55; Observations on Mental Education, 1855; Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics (reprinted from Philosophical Transactions, The Journal of the Royal Institution, etc.) 1859; The Various Forces of Matter (six lectures edited by Sir Wm. Crookes), 1860; The Chemical History of a Candle (six lectures edited by Sir Wm. Crookes), 1861; Some Thoughts on the Conservation of Force, 1865; The Liquefaction of Gases (papers given, 1823-45), 1896.
Life.—Prof. J. Tyndall, Faraday as a Discoverer, 1868; J. B. A. Dumas, Eloge historique de M. Faraday, 1868; Dr. Bence Jones, The Life and Letters of Faraday, 2 vols., 1870; Dr. J. H. Gladstone, 1872; W. Jerrold, Michael Faraday, Man of Science, 1893; Silvanus P. Thompson, Michael Faraday: His Life and Work, 1898; The Letters of Faraday and Schoenbein, 1836-62, edited by G. W. A. Kahlbaum and F. V. Darbishire, 1899.
Note.—The present select edition of the Experimental Researches in Electricity consists of Series III.-VIII. and XVI., XVII. of the original issue in three volumes (1839-55), with the plates and figures distributed for the reader's convenience in the text, and the sections and paragraphs consecutively renumbered.
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