Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry. Davy is also credited with discovering clathrate hydrates.
Researches Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly concerning nitrous oxide or dephlogisticated nitrous air and its respiration
"Researches Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly concerning nitrous oxide" by Humphry Davy is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century...
By Humphry Davy
Salmonia; Or, Days of Fly Fishing In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo
"Salmonia; Or, Days of Fly Fishing" by Sir Humphry Davy is a philosophical treatise interwoven with personal reflections and natural history, likely w...
By Humphry Davy
Consolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a Philosopher
"Consolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a Philosopher" by Sir Humphry Davy is a philosophical work written in the early 19th century. It explore...
By Humphry Davy