Faraday Number. Faraday Celebrations 1931 [...] Faraday Centenary Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall [...].

Broadsheet. Twenty-two pages. On browned high-acidity paper, with slight wear and loss to extremities and along central horizontal fold. Attractive full-page illustration cover illustration by Clifford Webb. Articles include 'Telegraphy and telephony. From Morse apparatus to the teleprinter. World-wide conversation.' by Colonel Sir Thomas Purves, and 'Generation of Electricity. Supremacy of the steam turbine. Economy of space and fuel.' by Robert H. Parsons. Also 'The making of a natural philospher. Heredity and environment. Conscientious investigation.' by Professor Wilhelm Ostwald and '"Prince of Experimenters". Research with elementary equipment. His gift of physical insight.' by Lord Rutherford. Also an article on Faraday's American contemporary Joseph Henry by Professor W. F. Magie. Numerous illustrations and advertisements from scientific companies like Siemens and the Mullard Wireless Service Co. Full-page advertisement for the General Electric Co., Ltd. on back cover.