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| Named Person: | Humphry Davy, Sir |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
W A Stinton |
| OCLC Number: | 500109391 |
| Description: | 30 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by W.A. Stinton. |
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Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1978: a bicentenary remembrance'
Review of `Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1978: a bicentenary remembrance' [Pamphlet] by W. A. Stinton, privately published in 1978.
Reviewer: Dr W. P. Palmer
This pamphlet is the text of a lecture given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain for the Library Group on 10th October...
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Review of `Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1978: a bicentenary remembrance' [Pamphlet] by W. A. Stinton, privately published in 1978.
Reviewer: Dr W. P. Palmer
This pamphlet is the text of a lecture given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain for the Library Group on 10th October 1978 and at Penzance for the Penworth District on 16th December 1978; it was published privately.
Much has been written about Sir Humphry Davy, for instance `Laughing gas and safety lamp: the story of Sir Humphry Davy', `<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007AGYJ4/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk">Humphry Davy (Open University set book)</a>, `<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521565391/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk">Humphry Davy: Science and Power (Cambridge Science Biographies)</a>, `<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J0T6SI/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk">The Wonders of Science: or Young Humphry Davy</a>, `<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299080307/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk">Humphry Davy on Geology: The 1805 Lectures for the General Audience</a>and `Humphrey Davy: poet and philosopher', so his life is well documented. This brief thirty page lecture concentrates on DAVY THE MAN, giving detail on his life as a child in Penzance, Cornwall and as a young man in Bristol, but only sketching in his scientific discoveries. It is somewhat of a hagiography, not mentioning his less than cordial relationship with Michael Faraday later in his career. Stinton even mis-spells Faraday as Farraday. A useful and well illustrated pamphlet, that gives exceptional provincial colour to Davy's early life.
BILL PALMER
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