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Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving, 1823.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Sir Humphry Davy. Line engraving by R. Newton, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence, 1810/11.

Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by Roffe after H. Howard.

A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by R. Hicks, 1829, after T. Phillips.

A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.

Sir Humphry Davy. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1835, after H. Howard.

Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by W. Holl.

Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1821, after T. Phillips.

The seven ages of science. 3/7 Age of opportunity.

Design for a monument to be erected on Leskudjack Hill, Penzance, to the memory of Sir Humphry Davy. Wood engraving by J. Walmsley.

Science and the sons of genius : studies on Humphry Davy / edited by Sophie Forgan.

The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ... / edited by his brother, John Davy.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.

Researches chemical and philosophical: chiefly concerning nitrous oxide or dephlogisticated nitrous air and its respiration / By Humphry Davy.

The house and birthplace of Sir Humphry Davy in Penzance, Cornwall. Pencil drawing.

Researches, chemical and philosophical : chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or diphlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration / by Humphry Davy.

The chemical pocket book, or Memoranda chemica, arranged in a compendium of chemistry / By James Parkinson, Hoxton.

Salmonia: or days of fly fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo / By an angler [i.e. Sir H. Davy].

The Bakerian Lecture, on some chemical agencies of electricity ... From the Philosophical Transactions / By Humphrey Davy.

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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ... / edited by his brother, John Davy.

Researches, chemical and philosophical : chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or diphlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration / by Humphry Davy.

The chemical pocket book, or Memoranda chemica, arranged in a compendium of chemistry / By James Parkinson, Hoxton.

Salmonia: or days of fly fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo / By an angler [i.e. Sir H. Davy].

The Bakerian Lecture, on some chemical agencies of electricity ... From the Philosophical Transactions / By Humphrey Davy.

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Humphry Davy

Images from the collections

Images by Humphry Davy

Images featuring Humphry Davy

Works from the collections

The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ... / edited by his brother, John Davy.

Researches, chemical and philosophical : chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or diphlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration / by Humphry Davy.

The chemical pocket book, or Memoranda chemica, arranged in a compendium of chemistry / By James Parkinson, Hoxton.

Salmonia: or days of fly fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo / By an angler [i.e. Sir H. Davy].

The Bakerian Lecture, on some chemical agencies of electricity ... From the Philosophical Transactions / By Humphrey Davy.

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