Humphry Davy: Life Beyond the Lamp by Raymond Lamont-Brown

Humphry Davy: Life Beyond the Lamp

Raymond Lamont-Brown

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nonfiction biography history science technology
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Born 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. Yet, as Lamont-Brown shows, Davy was not just a scient...

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