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Question
How did Faraday respond to that treatment?
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Solution
- Davy was not definitely fair in his treatment of Faraday. Faraday was relentless.
- He worked day and night and learnt as much as he could about Davy’s experiments.
- Though much of his job now was cleaning labs, at least he got to see some of Davy’s leading experiments.
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