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Quotation from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
“The sensation upon the tongue, and the flash before the eyes, which I at first obtained only in a feeble degree (56.), have been since exalted by more powerful apparatus, so as to become even disagreeable.”
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1, Third Series, paragraph 347 (Project Gutenberg #14986 (2nd ed., 1849))
Among the physiological tests of magneto-electricity, Faraday reports its effects on his own senses.
Citation: "The sensation upon the tongue, and the flash before the eyes, which I at first obtained only in a feeble degree (56.), have been since exalted by more powerful apparatus, so as to become even disagreeable." — Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1, Third Series, paragraph 347 (Project Gutenberg #14986 (2nd ed., 1849)). (id faraday-experimental-researches-in-electricity-q5)
Portrait: M Faraday Th Phillips oil 1842, Thomas Phillips, Public domain.
