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.
| ISBN: | 9780750932318 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2004 |
| Author: | Raymond LamontBrown |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 199 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: science, technology and medicine True stories of discovery Electrochemistry and magnetochemistry Inventions and inventors |