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Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (20th century). Artist: Unknown

Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (20th century). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). In 1801 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Institution, where he investigated, with his assistant Michael Faraday (1791-1867), his theory of volcanic action. Using electrolysis, Davy isolated the metals barium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and strontium, as well as proving that chlorine was a chemical element. He is probably best known for his invention in 1815 of the miners' safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion.

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Titre: Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (20th century). Artist: Unknown

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Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (20th century). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). In 1801 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Institution, where he investigated, with his assistant Michael Faraday (1791-1867), his theory of volcanic action. Using electrolysis, Davy isolated the metals barium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and strontium, as well as proving that chlorine was a chemical element. He is probably best known for his invention in 1815 of the miners' safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion.

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Taille de l'image: 2807 × 3746 px | 30.1 MB

Taille d'impression: 23.8 × 31.7 cm | 1105.1 × 1474.8 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ANESTHESIE GENERALE • ANESTHESIE • ANGLETERRE • BONHOMME • CHIMIE • CHIMISTE • ELECTROLYSE • HOMME DE SCIENCE • HOMME • INDUSTRIE • INVENTEUR • MONOCHROME • NOIR ET BLANC • OCCUPATION • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROFESSION • SAVANT • SCIENCE: CHIMIE • SCIENTIFIQUE