360What happened in 1831?
7 moments from 1831 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 29 August 1831
Faraday discovers how to make electricity from magnetism
On 29 August 1831, Michael Faraday showed in London that a changing magnetic field can create an electric current. This discovery, electromagnetic induction, is the principle behind every power-station generator and transformer today. Within weeks he built the first electric generator, a copper disc spinning between the poles of a magnet.
- On this day · 29 August 1831
Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction
On 29 August 1831, Michael Faraday showed in London that a changing magnetic field can create an electric current. This discovery, electromagnetic induction, is the principle behind every power-station generator and transformer today.
- On this day · 27 December 1831
Darwin sets sail on HMS Beagle
On 27 December 1831, HMS Beagle left Plymouth, England, with the 22-year-old naturalist Charles Darwin aboard. The voyage around the world lasted almost five years. Darwin's observations, including in the Galápagos Islands, later shaped his theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 1831–36 · from Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Voyage of HMS Beagle
- 29 August 1831 · from Faraday discovers how to make electricity from magnetism
Faraday's induction ring experiment
- October 1831 · from Faraday discovers how to make electricity from magnetism
Faraday builds the first generator
- 1831 · from The 1830s: the intercity railway and the electric telegraph
Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction