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1860 - 1869
2 1860

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Derby, Derbyshire, England

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... a very subordinate position in a London warehouse. Sir William Cubitt, when a lad. worked in his father's flour.mill. Michael Faraday, ;ngland's most eminent chemist, was the son of a poor black- smith. Sir Samuel Morton Peto worked for seven years as ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... go through some b extraordinary evolutions by alternately pressing and pushing I the top with your hands, contrary to Michael Faraday's st theory, by voluntary and not involuntary muscular action. ci You then allow the agitated table a little respite while ...