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Humphry Davy

British chemist

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Field of work
Chemistry
Physics
Geology

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Images from the collections

Images by Humphry Davy

1 image from works
  • The house and birthplace of Sir Humphry Davy in Penzance, Cornwall. Pencil drawing.

Images featuring Humphry Davy

30 images from works
  • Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving, 1823.
  • 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.
  • A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by W. Holl.
  • Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1821, after T. Phillips.
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Works from the collections

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40 works

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

    Humphry Davy | Date: 1839-1840
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    Researches, chemical and philosophical : chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or diphlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration / by Humphry Davy.

    Humphry Davy | Date: 1800
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    The chemical pocket book, or Memoranda chemica, arranged in a compendium of chemistry / By James Parkinson, Hoxton.

    James Parkinson | Date: 1809
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    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].

    Humphry Davy | Date: 1829
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    The Bakerian Lecture, on some chemical agencies of electricity ... From the Philosophical Transactions / By Humphrey Davy.

    Humphry Davy | Date: 1807
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Frequent collaborators

Great Britain. Board of Agriculture
Thomas Beddoes
Edward Jenner

Related topics

England
United Kingdom
Chemistry, Agricultural
Women chemists
Chemistry
Scientists
Acetylene lamps
Nitrous Oxide
Science
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