Humphrey Davy

'' 'Humphrey Davy' '' named chlorine and established it as an element.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

Great British chemists have included Humphrey Davy, Michael Faraday and Frederick Soddy, researchers who have had a profound impact on the nation.

Chemistry: the unsung hero of science 2011

Faraday devoured all he could concerning these topics and attended lectures by Professor Humphrey Davy of the Royal Institution in London.

'Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel' 2008

At one point he was given tickets to a set of lectures by Humphrey Davy; he took notes and a year later presented them to Davy, asking if Davy could give him a position assisting him with scientific research.

Plain Michael Faraday 2006

Humphrey Davy; a most magnificent sword, as magnificently mounted, the gift of Charles the First to the great Montrose, and having the arms of Prince Henry worked on the hilt; the hunting bottle of bonnie

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Various

Humphrey Davy, at the instance of Sir John Sinclair, who was at that time president of the Board of Agriculture.

Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson

These lines were specially singled out for admiration by Shelley, Humphrey Davy, Scott, and many remarkable men.

Quotations 1919

These lines were specially singled out for admiration by Shelley, Humphrey Davy, Scott, and many remarkable men.

Quotations 1919

These lines were specially singled out for admiration by Shelley, Humphrey Davy, Scott, and many remarkable men.

Quotations 1919

At the beginning of the century the Cornish philosopher, Humphrey Davy, had discovered that the electric current produced a brilliant arch or 'arc' of light when passed between two charcoal points drawn a little apart, and that it heated a fine rod of charcoal or a metal wire to incandescence -- that is to say, a glowing condition.

Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889