Chapter 8; Trial and Pleasure

Faradays initial report on electromagnetic induction was read before the royal society on November 24, 1831. He was so excited but didn't realize the Italians had done the exact same experiment. Faraday was yet again thought to be plaigerizing. It was deja vu all over again for Faraday. He learned a lesson...no longer would he release results prior to his publication. He soon stated that of magnetic lines of force, they occupy space both within and around a magnet. He showed this but pouring iron filling on a paper with a magnet over it.
Faraday learned induction requires either relative motion between a conductor and a magnet or else a change in the magnetic strength around a conductor. He later tried to convert gravity into electricity but had no luck with it. Although Faraday was worldwide known to be a experimenter, his credentials a a theorist weren't as great.
Faraday tried to induce electricity using the worlds largest magnet...itself. think of it as a compass needle. He was actually able to generate a detectable electric current by flipping a large wire loop in his lab. He needed to have a more conductive material between it. He turned to water instead on metal, but even with many experiments, he was never successful in this. 
He soon started in electrical conductivity. The work was based on the Idea that water conducts electricity but ice doesn't. Any electricity that passed through water would separate it into hydrogen and oxygen but ice wouldn't because its solid. Faraday announced a series of new electrochemical terms such as electrode, anode, cathode, ion, electrolyte, electrolysis, and more.
The name Faraday had become synonymous with discovery.