This biography tells the life story of Sir Humphry Davy, a prominent 19th-century chemist and inventor. The book covers his childhood, education, and career, as well as his personal relationships…

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was an influential chemist, inventor, and public lecturer recognised as one of the first professional scientists. These volumes, first published in 1831, contain his official biography…

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was a hugely influential chemist, inventor, and public lecturer who is recognised as one of the first professional scientists. This 1836 memoir by his brother John…

Published posthumously in 1830, this collection of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, philosophical musings on the afterlife and, in the view of one contemporary review, ‘some [matter] almost bordering…

The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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