Chapter 9: a cage of his own

Faraday soon left the electrochemical realm and turned toward electrostatic. His interests in electrostatics stemmed from his unease with conventional explanation of electrostatic phenomenon. His plan of attack was to demonstrate that all electrostatic phenomenons are reducible to his vision of the induction process or just the redistribution of charged molecules. In his lab he applied charge to various metal vessels. He found that the charge stayed to the outside of each vessel. So he made a giant 12x12x12 wood frame and covered it with copper and tin foil. He then put it on display, struck it with a high voltage static shock when he was in it to show what he ment. When he was in his 50s Faraday was plagued by nervous headaches. He also complained about confusion and started having memory loss. On September 14, 1840, Faraday walked out of his lab not k owing if he would ever return.