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Young Humphry Davy

Young Humphry Davy
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 0871692376
ISBN-13 : 9780871692375
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Book Synopsis Young Humphry Davy by : June Z. Fullmer

Download or read book Young Humphry Davy written by June Z. Fullmer and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphry Davy's contemporaries bestowed on him their highest honors. Since Davy's death in 1829, each scholarly generation has accrued info. about him & his colleagues. His startling discoveries of the scientifically novel, his isolation & identification of 7 new elements, & his association of electrical properties & chemical behavior coupled with his fame as a lecturer, made him a popular cultural hero. Others saw him as the man who had made agriculture "scientific." Davy's refusal to profit financially from his invention of the miners' safety lamp endeared him to those humanitarians who idealized scientists as members of an altruistic brotherhood. Here is a readable, thoroughly researched biography of Davy's early life. Illus.


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