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1778 – 1829 A Brilliant Mind |
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The Age of enlightment
The French Revolution The Napoleonic Wars In America President John Adams was in
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Davy
born was in Penzance, England. Work
at Medical Pneumatic Institution as a laboratory assistant in 1798. A
famous chemist with many discoveries in Physics, Chemistry, and
Medicine. At
age of 22 became professor at the Royal Institution in 1802. He
funded the Davy Medal for scientific discoveries in 1818. Sir
Humphry in 1820 became President of the Royal Society. He
wrote two books. 1.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry 2.
Elements of Chemicals Davy
hired Faraday as his laboratory assistant. Davy
and his wife were married and toured Europe. He
died of exhaustion at the age of fifty in Geneva in 1829. |
Discoveries
Davy identified Sodium, Potassium, Boron, Chlorine
and Iodine. The first anaesthetic was nitrous oxide and became
known as laughing gas. The Safety Lamp for coal miners. The Electric Arc for spot-welding that is used
today.
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By
Marguerite J. Badger
July
24, 2006