translate English to German: When Davy damaged his eyesight in an accident with nitrogen trichloride , he decided to employ Faraday as a secretary. When John Payne, one of the Royal Institution's assistants, was sacked, the now Sir Humphry Davy was asked to find a replacement, and he appointed Faraday as Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution on 1 March 1813.
Gleichzeitig war er Professor der Chemie an der Militärschule in Woolwich.