Humphry Davy Quotes


If I am allowed to give a metaphorical allusion to the future state of the blessed, I should imagine it by the orange-grove in that sheltered glen on which the sun is now beginning to shine, and of which the trees are at the same time, loaded with sweet golden fruit and balmy silver flowers. Such objects may well portray a state in which hope and fruition become one eternal feeling.


Citations

Davy, Humphry. Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of a Philosopher. John Murray, 1830.

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Humphry Davy
Humphry Davy
  • Born: December 17, 1778
  • Died: May 29, 1829
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Scientist

Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet PRS MRIA FGS FRS was a Cornish chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry.