Horizon — Season 1, Episode 3: A Candle to Nature

Episode synopsis

A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.

About Horizon

Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The World of Buckminster Fuller
• E2Pesticides and Posterity
• E4Strangeness Minus Three
• E5The Air of Science
• E6The Knowledge Explosion
• E7The Amateur Scientist
• E8Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
• E9Science, Toys and Magic