Search Results for "Humphry Davy"
Out of the picture
history of scienceIntrigued by a portrait that was briefly part of 蘑菇视频鈥檚 collection, Ainsley Vinall investigates some other 'paintings that got away'.
Davy鈥檚 vaulting ambition
history of scienceResearch projects on Sir Humphry Davy鈥檚 manuscript notebooks and letters are revealing new and candid details of Davy鈥檚 life and career, as Andrew Lacey illustrates, drawing on material held in the archives of 蘑菇视频 and elsewhere.
Sparks flying
history of scienceWhy was an 1808 paper by Jean André De Luc FRS, 鈥極n the galvanic pile鈥�, never published by 蘑菇视频? Jon Bushell investigates.
Total recall
history of scienceKeith Moore introduces the remarkable Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of 蘑菇视频 and compiler of the famous Roget's Thesaurus.