Chapter 5: Rising to the light

In October,  1820, Davy found passing current through a wire and putting it near a compass, it would disrupt the compasses magnetic field. He found that it produced what he called a "electronic magnetic field". This ment that electricity and magnetism were related. The royal institute rejected his theory of this electromagnetic force because of unproceded geometry. In 1821 Faraday writes a review on electromagnetism and Ampere came up with an idea saying it was a 2 way street and if electricity has an effect on magnetism than magnetism has an effect on electricity. James clerk Maxwell said that Ampere was the newton of electricity. But Faraday could not understand Amperes math he had found confirming electromagnetism. He understood enough however to convince himself than Ampere had not sufficiently made the case for it. Faraday was wrong in his though and Ampere had the math to prove it. Faraday kindly responded and said that he was skeptical of all theories.
So Faraday came up with his own experiment to see if he was right. He placed a magnet upright in a cup of mercury leaving only the top part exposed. He then suspended wire bouyed by a cork so the wire was both in and out of the mercury. He then attached a battery and waaallaa the wire spun conicle around the magnet. This was the begining of the electric motor.
Faraday posted his findings not realizing that the Italians had just posted a similar report and then the worse thing ever...he was a used of plagiarizing...Faraday repeatedly apologized but there was something worse than that. Davy hated Faraday now and did everything he could to make Faraday pay for not mentioning him in his paper as the guy who gave Faraday the idea. Davy did everything he could to make the whole world hate Faraday but the royal society forgave Faraday for his little mishap.
In 1823, Faraday scored another serious thing. He was successful in the liquefaction of chlorine gas. This time credited for suggesting to heat the chlorine under pressure. Davy then tired saying he already predicted it. Faraday was nominated to join the royal society but Davy viewed it as sign of disrespect and wanted him to take it down. But since Faraday did not put up the ballot he was not going to take it down. So Davy the president of the royal institute did.  On January 1824, secret ballots were cast and Faraday was electric a member of the royal institution. Davy died in 1829 at the age of 51.