Sir+Humphry+Davy

Sir Humphry Davy was born in 1778, he was a British chemist. Davy not only isolated sodium and barium but also potassium, strontium, calcium, and magnesium. Davy also created the first electrical light by connecting two wires to a battery, placing a charcoal strip between the other ends of the wires, and then the charged carbon glowed making the first arc lamp. Based off the arc lamp Davy also invented the safety miners lamp. Davy also wrote the first text on the application of chemistry to agriculture and joined the Royal Society in 1803 and served as its president from 1820 to 1827. He was knighted in 1812 and created a baronet in 1818. In 1800 announced the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide and 2 years later he became a chemistry professor as well as discovered and founded Electrochemistry. In 1807 he invented electrolysis which is a method of using a direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction, but in simpler terms it separates elements from natural sources. 1818 Davy discovered nitrous oxide or as its commonly known "laughing gas" which is used daily. He had not only many scientific discoveries, but was also a great influencer due to his intriguing speeches. He was interested in historical stories as achild and had been nicknamed the story-teller. He spent the last months of his life writing "Consolations In Travel"which was a mix of poetry, science,and philosophy.





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