ABSTRACT
A prevalent interpretation of Michael Faraday is that of a lone scientist working in his basement laboratory in the Royal Institution, laying the foundations of electrical technology and yet being one of the most gifted scientific communicators of the day. Humphry Davy discovered that if a piece of zinc was attached to the copper, the electro-chemical action engendered prevented the sheets corroding when they were placed in sea water. Faraday conducted many of the follow-up experiments for Davy. Faraday subjected magneto-electrical generator system to the same thorough testing as he had applied to Watson's proposal, but Frederick Hale Holmes passed and it went into practical operation at the South Foreland lighthouse. The outcomes of both the glass work and the electro-chemical protection of the copper sheeting of ships provoked a grave crisis in how the Admiralty viewed scientific advice. Davy got Faraday to carry out experimental work for the Admiralty to electro-chemically protect from corrosion the copper bottoms of ships.
