The Archive · 1938

Archduke Arrested

Berlin, Mar. 30.

The Austrian Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, who was recently placed protective cust cly, has been moved to a concentration camp. Other members of the Austrian nobility will be removed to the same camp.—Reuter.

Michael Faraday Letter of 1832 Unsealed for Story London, Mar, 29.

The recent opening of a sealed letter written by Michael Faraday. the famous pioneer electrical research worker in 1832, which has remained unopened in the Royal Society strong box till the present day, has added previously unknown facts to the story of the discovery of electricity.

Michael Faraday describes in th letter his theories which at that time were unproven regarding magnetic action and its transmission which, 50 years later, were proved correct.

Facts revealed in the letter are generally regarded as another proof that Faraday was the greatest experimentalist the science of electricity has ever known.—Wireless through Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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