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Bentley composed the first clerihew about Sir Humphrey Davy, the chemist credited with isolating and naming aluminum.
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Bentley composed the first clerihew about Sir Humphrey Davy, the chemist credited with isolating and naming aluminum.
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It seems almost incredible that the apparently small facts discovered by Faraday, the bookbinder, the employé of Sir Humphrey Davy at weekly wages the struggling experimenter in the subtleties of an infant giant, should have produced such results within sixty years.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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The guide pointed out some columns which appeared to have been melted and run together, from which Sir Humphrey Davy attributed the formation of the Causeway to the action of fire.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885
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Ah! but these chemists are liars, and Sir Humphrey Davy a cheat.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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Great was the savan's disdain; but, chancing ere long to find himself in a corner with the jackanapes, got into conversation with him, when he was somewhat ill-prepared for the good sense of the jackanapes, but was altogether thrown aback, upon subsequently being whispered by a friend that the jackanapes was almost as great a savan as himself, being no less a personage than Sir Humphrey Davy.
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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The guide pointed out some columns which appeared to have been melted and run together, from which Sir Humphrey Davy attributed the formation of the Causeway to the action of fire.
Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851
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Thirty years since, Sir Humphrey Davy spoke with his countrymen as follows: --
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The fact is, Sir Humphrey Davy was about the last man in the world to commit himself on scientific topics.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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Coleridge (p. 237, 'Table-Talk') fancied there were only two men of genius in his own generation: W.W. and Sir Humphrey Davy.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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