<sod>Brugans of Leyden in 1778 and Le Baillif and [[A. E. Becquerel|Becquerel]] in 1827<ref>Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism By Silvanus Phillips Thompson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LZzB2UhRw94C&pg=PA363 Page 363].</ref> had previously discovered diamagnetism in the case of bismuth and antimony. Faraday also rediscovered [[Electrostatic induction|specific inductive capacity]] in 1837, the results of the experiments by Cavendish not having been published at that time. He also predicted<ref>Phil. Mag-., March 1854</ref> the retardation of signals on long submarine cables due to the inductive effect of the insulation of the cable, in other words, the static capacity of the cable.<ref name="EncyclopediaAmericana" /> [[Francis Ronalds]] had in fact observed and outlined the cause of signal retardation on his buried telegraph line as early as 1816.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|publisher=Imperial College Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78326-917-4|location=London|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=2016|title=Sir Francis Ronalds and the Electric Telegraph|url=|journal=Int. J. for the History of Engineering & Technology|doi=10.1080/17581206.2015.1119481|pmid=|access-date=}}</ref>  <eod>
<sod>Brugans of Leyden in 1778 and Le Baillif and [[A. E. Becquerel|Becquerel]] in 1827<ref>Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism By Silvanus Phillips Thompson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LZzB2UhRw94C&pg=PA363 Page 363].</ref> had previously discovered diamagnetism in the case of bismuth and antimony. Faraday also rediscovered [[Electrostatic induction|specific inductive capacity]] in 1837, the results of the experiments by Cavendish not having been published at that time. He also predicted<ref>Phil. Mag-., March 1854</ref> the retardation of signals on long submarine cables due to the inductive effect of the insulation of the cable, in other words, the static capacity of the cable.<ref name="EncyclopediaAmericana" /> In 1816 telegraph pioneer [[Francis Ronalds]] had also observed signal retardation on his buried telegraph lines, attributing it to induction.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|publisher=Imperial College Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78326-917-4|location=London|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=2016|title=Sir Francis Ronalds and the Electric Telegraph|url=|journal=Int. J. for the History of Engineering & Technology|doi=10.1080/17581206.2015.1119481|pmid=|access-date=}}</ref>  <eod>