THE FARADAY CELEBRATION 



ONE hundred years ago, Michael Faraday in the 

 Laboratory of the Royal Institution, London, 

 discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction. 

 In this fundamental discovery lies the origin of the 

 dynamo, the transformer, and the repeating coil— basic 

 factors in the utilization of electricity for the purposes 

 of man. 



On the occasion of the centennial celebration of 

 Faraday's discovery, Sir William Bragg gave the com- 

 memoration address in Queen's Hall, London, September 

 21, 193L This address was broadcast in America, being 

 transmitted across the ocean by radio. 



An exhibition was opened in London on September 

 23rd, at which there were reproductions and illustrations 

 of Faraday's actual experiments, prepared by the Royal 

 Institution, together with a display of his chemical and 

 electrochemical apparatus. There were also many ex- 

 hibits by the great industries which exist today because 

 of the practical application of Faraday's researches. 

 Preceding the opening of the exhibition, General Smuts, 

 recently elected President of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, gave an address. 



On behalf of scientific and engineering societies in 

 x^merica, Dr. F. B. Jewett, President of the Bell Tele- 

 phone Laboratories and Vice President of the American 

 Telephone and Telegraph Company, speaking at Boston, 

 Massachusetts, extended brief felicitations via trans- 

 atlantic radio telephone and loud-speakers to those 

 gathered in Albert Hall, London. 



