Sujet
Humphry Davy, English chemist, 1821. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Humphry Davy, English chemist, 1821. 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. An example of the lamp is on the table at his elbow. After a portrait by Thomas Phillips.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1800
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_086
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,2Mo) / 28,8cm x 43,4cm / 3406 x 5131 (300dpi)