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Faraday As A Discoverer, by John Tyndall (1820 - 1893)

This project is now complete.  All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/faraday-as-a-discoverer-by-john-tyndall/

A survey of the more important discoveries by Michael Faraday in chemistry and especially electricity and electrodynamics. (Summary by William A Jones)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/faradayasdiscove00tyndrich/page/n11/mode/2up

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Science/Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Keywords that describe the book: electricity, faraday, electro-magnetism

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Section # of Faraday As A Discoverer. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Faraday As A Discoverer, by John Tyndall. Section Title."
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"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
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Filename: faraday_##_tyndall_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. faraday_01_tyndall_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by williamjones on June 6th, 2021, 6:55 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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I'll MC this for you. MW will be along in a bit.
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: June 5th, 2021, 11:58 am I'll MC this for you. MW will be along in a bit.
Outstanding!! I thank you very, very much.
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And by George, there's a Magic Window Thanks. :thumbs: :clap:
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Post by alanmapstone »

May I read sections 9 & 16?

Always admired Faraday :)
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alanmapstone wrote: June 5th, 2021, 2:17 pm May I read sections 9 & 16?

Always admired Faraday :)
Yes, you may.
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Post by Andie »

Hi! I am new here and this would be my first project.
May I help? :D
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Andie wrote: June 6th, 2021, 5:07 am Hi! I am new here and this would be my first project.
May I help? :D
Hi, Andie!
I see that you've asked to help with my other Faraday project, too, "Various Forces of Nature". I'll post these comments there, too.
Your help will be very much appreciated; however, before you take the time and effort to record a section, it would be VERY wise to be sure your recording technical aspects are correct for Librivox, i.e., mono/stereo, bit rate, general volume, etc. etc.
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May I claim Section 4, Points of Character
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msfry wrote: June 6th, 2021, 6:38 am May I claim Section 4, Points of Character
It's yours, Michele! Thanks.
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Post by realisticspeakers »

Hi.

I'd like Section 3 and Section 10 please.
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Here is Section 4. Faraday seems like a very nice person. I am glad to learn a little more about him.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/faraday_04_tyndall_128kb.mp3 8:48
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realisticspeakers wrote: June 6th, 2021, 7:59 am Hi.

I'd like Section 3 and Section 10 please.
Thank you very much! Those two sections are yours now.
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msfry wrote: June 6th, 2021, 2:10 pm Here is Section 4. Faraday seems like a very nice person. I am glad to learn a little more about him.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/faraday_04_tyndall_128kb.mp3 8:48
Thank you, Michele.
I'll nominate myself to be the DPL.
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Post by msfry »

No rush. I notice you indicate 10 minutes for Section 4 in the MW. I'm curious how you arrived at that estimate. Mine came in at 8:48, and now I wonder if I'm reading too fast.
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