Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) (born 17 December 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall, England; died 29 May 1829 in Geneva City, Switzerland),[1][2][3] was a Cornish chemist. His study of chemistry led to the first pure forms of some of the chemical elements such as water and sodium.
Humphry Davy Media
James Watt in 1792 by Carl Frederik von Breda
Sir Humphry Davy's Researches chemical and philosophical: chiefly concerning nitrous oxide (1800), pp. 556 and 557 (right), outlining potential anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide in relieving pain during surgery
1802 satirical cartoon by James Gillray showing a Royal Institution lecture on pneumatics, with Davy holding the bellows and Count Rumford looking on at extreme right. Dr Thomas Garnett is the lecturer, holding the victim's nose.
Sodium metal, about 10 g, under oil
Alessandro Volta's electric battery (Tempio Voltiano in Como, Italy).
Magnesium metal crystals
Sir Humphry Davy by Thomas Lawrence
A diamond crystal in its matrix
Dedication page of an 1812 copy of "Elements of Chemical Philosophy," which Davy dedicated to his wife.
en:Davy lamp, a safety lamp for use in coal mines
References
- ↑ "Sir Humphry Davy, Baronet - British chemist". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ "Davy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ↑ "Sir Humphry Davy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2008-05-27.