Humphry Davy


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An entertaining, accessible biography of Humphry Davy, professional scientist, inventor, and poet.




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A Publisher and His Friends


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Publisher and His Friends" (Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843) by Samuel Smiles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




A Publisher and His Friends


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Blackwood's Magazine


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The London Magazine


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The Quarterly Review


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Humphry Davy


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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.