Physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, "When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no honour too great to pay to the memory of Faraday, one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time."
O físico neozelandés Ernest Rutherford declarou: "Cando consideramos a extensión e a magnitude dos seus descubrimentos e a súa influencia no progreso da ciencia e da industria, non existen honores que poidan retribuir a memoria de Faraday, un dos maiores descubridores científicos de todos os tempos".