However, although Faraday's speculations were quite reasonable.
Unfortunately, he had not made significant breakthroughs in the field of magneto-optics, and just last year he encountered five major failures in his experiments on magneto-optics.
Nevertheless, Faraday was not discouraged. In fact, he not only was undaunted but also shared his insights with a sharp-minded young officer from Scotland Yard, hoping that this occasionally brilliant young electrical researcher might provide some inspiration.
Mr. Arthur Hastings, after hearing Faraday's ideas, did nothing but smoke in silence. It was not that he didn't want to give Faraday some inspiration, but he truly didn't know if there was any connection between light and magnetism.
As for ether, although he had heard of it, his understanding was limited to a five to ten-minute popular science video.
