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A FEW weeks ago we published a special supplement in connexion with the centenary of the birth of Huxley: this week we are presenting a supplement containing the principal addresses which were delivered in the Royal Institution during the celebration of Faraday's discovery of benzene. Whereas Huxley's reputation is based as much upon his championship of evolution, of freedom of thought, and of enlightened education, as upon his researches in biology, the fame of Faraday rests almost entirely upon his striking contributions to scientific knowledge. His ambit was thus more circumscribed than that of Huxley, but his discoveries were more revolutionary, both in their effects on the development of theory and in their subsequent practical applications. In the latter connexion we refer more particularly to his discoveries of magneto-electric induction and of benzene. The electrical industries, together with the industries based upon benzene, constitute overwhelming proof—if proof be needed—of the value of research in pure science.
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FARADAY, M. The Centenary of the Discovery of Benzene. Nature 115, 1001 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/1151001a0
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