{"date":"May 2","id":"05-02","intro":["Everything has to have a beginning, so too with the science of electricity. Here we learn the very rudiments, the inceptions of science that have revolutionized the world. Faraday explains in a simple way the truths of electricity."],"minutes":22,"readings":[{"author":"Michael Faraday","end":72,"start":61,"volume":30,"work":"Magnetism—Electricity"}],"slug":"may-2","status":"proofread","title":"First Sparks of Electricity","url":"/harvard-classics/may-2/","words":4443}