The Wonders of Science; Or Young Humphry Davy
Author: Henry Mayhew
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 468
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Author: Henry Mayhew
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 468
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: June Z. Fullmer
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780871692375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumphry Davy's contemporaries bestowed on him their highest honors. Since Davy's death in 1829, each scholarly generation has accrued info. about him & his colleagues. His startling discoveries of the scientifically novel, his isolation & identification of 7 new elements, & his association of electrical properties & chemical behavior coupled with his fame as a lecturer, made him a popular cultural hero. Others saw him as the man who had made agriculture "scientific." Davy's refusal to profit financially from his invention of the miners' safety lamp endeared him to those humanitarians who idealized scientists as members of an altruistic brotherhood. Here is a readable, thoroughly researched biography of Davy's early life. Illus.
Author: Raymond Lamont-Brown
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2004-05-13
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0752495003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.
Author: Henry Mayhew
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Knight
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-02-05
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780521565394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn entertaining, accessible biography of Humphry Davy, professional scientist, inventor, and poet.
Author: John Timbs
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 296
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Published: 1857
Total Pages: 294
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gerald Massey (Author of Ancient Egypt.)
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 260
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 360
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Published: 1857
Total Pages: 392
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