Humphry Davy: Life Beyond the Lamp

by Raymond Lamont-Brown, Raymond Lamont Brown

Overview

Born in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752495002
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	05/13/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	199
Sales rank:	914,991
File size:	596 KB
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Raymond Lamont-Brown is the author of Carnegie, Edward VII's Last Loves, John Brown and Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police.