Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 224
him his assistant.From a letter written byFaraday himself soon after hisappointment as Davys assistant, I extract the followingaccount of his introduction to the Royal Institution : — London, Sept. 13, 1813. I was formerly a bookseller and binder, but am now turnedphilosopher, which happened thus :… … Faraday was Apprenticedto a Bookseller. 196 Men Who Have Risen disagreeable master, I gave up my business, and through theinterest of Sir H. Davy, filled the situation of chemical assistantto the Eoyal Institution of Great Britain, in which office I nowremain; and where I am constantly employed in…
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