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Sir Humphrey Davy   /sər hˈəmfri dˈeɪvi/   Listen
Sir Humphrey Davy

noun
1.
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).  Synonyms: Davy, Humphrey Davy.






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... them to pieces, and perhaps set fire to the mine itself and destroy it; or black or choke-damp may suffocate them, as the fumes of charcoal do; or water may rush in and drown them. A lamp, invented by a very learned man, Sir Humphrey Davy, is used when there is a risk of fire-damp. It is closely surrounded with very fine wire-gauze, through which neither the flame of the candle nor the gas can pass, yet the light can get out almost as well as through the horn ...
— Taking Tales - Instructive and Entertaining Reading • W.H.G. Kingston



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