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Michael Faraday, a brilliant but unassuming (modest) scientist, was fascinated (greatly interested or attracted) by the invisible forces of electricity and magnetism. In his cluttered (filled with a lot of things messily arranged) lab, he spent hours conducting experiments, sparks of curiosity flickering (burning or shining in an unsteady way) in his eyes.
One day, while fiddling (making small movements or adjustments) with a coil of wire wrapped around a metal tube and a magnet, Faraday noticed something intriguing (arousing curiosity). When he swiftly moved the magnet in and out of the tube, a tiny electric current pulsed through the wire!
He had accidentally stumbled upon (found or discovered something by chance) a phenomenon (an observable fact or event) – a changing magnetic field could create electricity!
Energized (filled with enthusiasm) by this discovery, Faraday experimented further. He built different contraptions with wires and magnets, each revealing more about this mysterious connection. He found that the strength of the current depended on the speed of the magnet’s movement and the number of loops in the wire.
Faraday’s ingenuity (cleverness) led him to invent the first electromagnetic generator. This device used a rotating magnet and coils of wire to produce a continuous flow of electricity.
It was a breakthrough moment! Now, electricity could be generated whenever needed, not just from unreliable (not consistently good in quality or performance) batteries.
News of Faraday’s work spread like wildfire. Scientists and inventors around the world built upon his ideas. Soon, electric motors whirred to life, powered by the invisible force he had revealed. Transformers hummed, stepping up and down voltage to carry electricity over long distances.
Faraday’s persistence (determination) and curiosity had unlocked a treasure chest of possibilities. Homes that were once lit by flickering (flashing on and off intermittently) candles were now bathed in bright electric light. Factories, once powered by water or steam, could run on electricity, forever changing the way things were made.
The world entered a new age, the Electromagnetic Age, all thanks to Michael Faraday’s spark of curiosity and his dedication to unraveling the mysteries of electricity and magnetism.
English Words you learned and Revised
Unassuming (modest), fascinated (greatly interested or attracted), cluttered (filled with a lot of things messily arranged), flickering (burning or shining in an unsteady way), fiddling (making small movements or adjustments), intriguing (arousing curiosity), stumbled upon (found or discovered something by chance), phenomenon (an observable fact or event), energized (filled with enthusiasm), ingenuity (cleverness), unreliable (not consistently good in quality or performance), persistence (determination).
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