The Beginning of Something New

In his earliest works with Sir Humphry Davy, Faraday acted as a chemist and more specifically he was involved in studies, and experiments with Chlorine. Those studies yielded some of Faraday's first breakthroughs as a scientist, those being the discovery of Carbon-Chlorine compounds C₂Cl₆ and C₂Cl₄. Faraday succeeded in liquefying several gases, investigated the alloys of steel, and produced several new kinds of glass intended for optical purposes. In the 1820s he also conducted several experiments on steel alloys, which helped pave the way for scientific metallurgy and metallography. In 1821 Faraday and his newlywed wife Sarah Barnard moved permanently into the Royal institution of Great Britain, and he began the series of experiments on electricity and magnetism that were to revolutionize physics.

Micheal Faraday's Lab, in the basement of The Royal institution of Great Britain

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