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Michael Faraday Discovers the Basis for Electricity Generation

1831
Painting of Michael Faraday, 1841 or 1842 by Thomas Phillips.
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Michael Faraday by Thomas Phillips oil on canvas, 1841-1842. 35 3/4 in. x 28 in. (908 mm x 711 mm) Purchased, in 1868. National Portrait Gallery, London. 

Working at the Royal Institution in London in 1831, Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, the basis for electricity generation.

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