29th August 1831: Michael Faraday performs his first experiment leading to the discovery of electromagnetic induction

29/08/2025
29th August 1831: Michael Faraday performs his first experiment leading to the discovery of electromagnetic induction

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Faraday constructed an apparatus consisting of two coils of wire wound around opposite sides of an iron ring, and when he connected one coil to a battery a galvanometer detected a brief current induced in the second ...

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