Show 1 I 1 aid Cu ablon among the many anecdotes of michael I 1 Farad faraday ity the great scientist ii is one which 4 was print printed etl originally lually in fit the proceedings 0 of the I 1 loyal society in connection v with ath 4 other biographical fact facts chiefly derived from front that eminent muns mans correspondence I 1 and notebooks I 1 I 1 it appears that he and sir charles lyell were sent as government commissioners cowatch to natch the inquest upon who had died by the explosion on in the haswell colliery in 1844 faraday cross u examined the witnesses very pertinently among other questions li he asked how bow the rate of flow of e air currents was measured an inspector in reply took a pinch ot gunpowder from a box as if it it were snuff anuff and let it fall t through rough h the flame name of a can I 1 die dle his ilia companion with ft it watch noted the time the smoke took to travel a certain distance 4 the method satisfied faraday but he re marked upon the careless handling of the powder and asked where it was kept jn in a bag tightly tied fled was the reply ye yes but where do you keep the bag I 1 you are sitting on tt it answered the in carelessly the well meaning people not riot being over stocked with chairs had given the commissioner their best substitute for a cushion faradays agility in vacating this scat seat of honor may bo be imagined |