Humphrey Davy

Humphrey Davy
noun
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
Syn: ↑Davy, ↑Sir Humphrey Davy
Instance Hypernyms: ↑chemist

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Humphrey Davy [Humphrey Davy]
(1778–1829) an English chemist who was one of the first scientists to make use of electricity to break chemical compounds into their separate ↑elements. Between 1807 and 1808 he discovered six chemical elements, including ↑calcium, ↑potassium and ↑sodium. However, he is better known for a practical invention that saved many lives: the Davy lamp, a safe lamp for use in coal mines. This was widely used in mines until it was replaced by the electric lamp in the 20th century.

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