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No. 2845, ENARGNIXAXO ****** HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1931, #1 BAJA¶¶HEX Price
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TO-DAY
(October 17).
Interport Lawn Bowls Hong Kong Shanghai, Club de Recreio ground, 3 p.m.
Cricket Interport Trial, H.K
FATHER OF HARNESSED
ELECTRICITY.
DISCOVERER ON WHOSE SHOULDERS
COUNTLESS INVENTORS STOOD.
C.O ground. Friendlies Indian THE CENTENARY OF MICHAEL FARADAY,
Recreation Club Craigengewer Cricket Club Royal Navy 15 Civil Service Cricket Club; Ornigongow-
er Cricket Club. Indian Recrea- tion Club (2nd division).
A GREAT ENGLISHMAN.
This year is the Scie Lawn Bowls Interport Dinner. Entertainment:
Peninsulaenary of Michael Farde Hotel, Rose Room, Les Dejehans st of the greatest of Engli William Rimals.
Queen's Thostro Reaching for the foon!
Cena kindly customer took him to a One course at the Royal Institution by the the famous shomist, Bir Humphly. man whose discoveries made possible Davy. These were given in the the harnessing of electricity for in Every room where Faraday after
wards delighted more than onc #erybl, purposes in home asu
audience with his hospital in the spheres of indus- ! ''juvenile'' Youngry, transport, and entertainment "Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle," last delivered, I think, in 1860.
World Theatre: "Gold Rush" Star Theatre: "Ia Gay Madrid." Central Theatre:
Engles."
King's Theatre: The House of enabling even the human whisper the Arrow."
to travel audibly across oceans and Prince's Theatre! "Hot For continents. Professor Sir Arthur
Paris,"
Majestic Theatre: Charlie Chan Thomson, in the article below, gives Carries On."
the measure of Faraday's achieve
Dinner Dances at Hong Kong | mente.. Hotel and Peninsula Hotel."
European Mail:-Outward: Europe via Siberia (Pres. Madison)
· p.12.
Tides-High at 19.05 and 3.40
Low at 8.04" and 4.31.
SUNDAY.
(October 18.).
20th Sunday after Trinity. St. Luke, the Evangelist Distribution of Prizes and Sports
Genius is the possession of an original mental pattern at a high potential, Faraday was a great genius who added much to the in telligibility and to the wealth of the world. For he was one of the greatest of uniflora, and many
at Craigengower Cricket Club, the steps he took about 1231-hone
p.m..
Cricket Volunteers Navy.
SE
Royal
University Christian Association, Talk Science and Religion." Dr. GAO Herklote, St. John's Hall, 9.30am.
Queen's Theatre Night. Ann
World Theatre: Star Theatre: "In Central Theatre: Women."
King's Theatre; The Arrow."'.
Going to Davy's course was au For two interesting turning point, lecturer got his eye injured in a explosion, and Faraday was called in to write letters for the greas chemist
This led to his becoming Dary's) assistant in 1913, when he was To rooms twenty-two years of age,
in the Royal Institution he brought his bride in 1891, and there he re of the modern harnessinge of elec-mained for the greater part of his tricity which have ameliorated hug life, making new knowledge and man life may be traced back to thinking out many saventions. There to-day may be seen his first his scientific centiusry this year. magnet, his primitive coils, and we ask why the whole of the scores of other relics of his indus civilised world is ringing just now try and ingenuity. He was prob with the name of Faraday, the ably unexcelled in the art of mak- chief part of the answer is the hoing simple things serve great ende. was foremost among those who lasa While his salary was exiguous, of a science of elec. Faraday was making, tur BOTOC Gold Rush."-. the foundations
years before 1831, a relatively Gay Madrid." tricity, and that he was a leadus large income as a chemical analys Man Without in the transition from the age of and consultant. But a hundred "The House of steam to the age of electricity years ago, as the Centenary reminds from the paleotechnto to the neote-19, Faraday made one of his great discoveries, that an electric curteat chnic as Patrick Geddes puts it. can, induce another in a different
eirenit.
One Romantic
Majestic Theatre: Charlie Chan Carries On."
Prince's Theatre: "Untamed." Ten Dance at King's Restaurant, Tides:High at 12.49; Low at
01.30.
MONDAY."
(Oether 10.) Investiture at Government House. Rool Club Practice, Helena May Institute, 5.13 p.m.
Ladies Harbour Race.
Queen's Theatre: "One, Romantic Night."
World Theatre: "Gold Rushw Star Theatre: "In Gay Ma Central Theatre "Man Want Women.***
King's Theatre: The Hause of
the Arrow."
Princo's Theatre: "Untamed." Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel."
EuropeanMail:-Inward: Europe a Siberia (Duisburg)."
Tides:High at 1:40 Low at 10.46.
Most of the striking modern in ventions, such as "wireless, de pend on the discoveries which Fara day made, or to which he led such successors as Clerk Maxwell and Kelvin.
Whereupon he determined to stop making money so that he might give his whole mind to. Nature's seurate. In 1830 his earnings had amounted to a thousand pounds; in 1831 they were voluntarily ro duced to £155 98:: and during no subsequent your did they amount to so much: This gives us just a hint of what manner of man be.
The son of a journeyman blacks mith, hailing from Yorkshire, and of a mother with little sign of speci.wash
al ability except in loving, Mich Yet we must not think of him
s for ever like a stretched bow." sel Faraday was born on Septem
her 22, 1701, at Newington (Sur-He was fond of young folks and rey), then a suburb of London. of good company; he enjoyed a After a little schooling Michael be country ramble, and simple house. came apprentice to a bookseller games. He enjoyed his life to the and bookbinder, and we read that full, and Sundays not least, for he was attracted by glimases and he was a deeply religious man, be more of some of the scientific books longing to the Bandemaniane be handled.
Discovery of Electrical Induction.
When his working-days were over the Queen offered him (in 1858) pretty little house at Hampton His elder brother, who followe Court, where he died on Augus the father's craft, paid for his ad 25, 1867, one of the most distinguish. mission to a course of evening leed of scientiflo discoverera tures on Natural Philosophy, and (Oontinued on Pogn (4)
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