| 单词 | Sir Humphrey Davy |
| 例句 | Like the lightbulb, for instance, was technically invented by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1811, but his lightbulb sort of sucked and burned out all the time. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In the late eighteenth century, the British scientist Sir Humphrey Davy alone predicted the existence of elements like potassium, sodium and calcium, and was then able to isolate them. Is science stuck? The "Great Stagnation Debate," explained 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Great numbers came to witness the performances of the boy, among whom Zerah, in his Life, enumerates the dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, Lord Ashburton, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Humphrey Davy, and the Princess Charlotte. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Sir Humphrey Davy, about the end of the eighteenth century, rubbed together two pieces of ice until they were nearly melted. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z If you are as much impressed as I was, upon first perusing them, with the following sentences from Sir Humphrey Davy's pen, you will require no apology from me, for transcribing them here. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The air was so invigorating yet so mild that we immediately felt how well Sir Humphrey Davy's celebrated remark about Nice, "mere existence here is luxury," may also be applied to Auckland. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z A man of science shall be our next witness: I mean Sir Humphrey Davy. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Another scheme was now started,—a memoir of the child,—and among the committee to superintend its publication, were Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Humphrey Davy and Basil Montague. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Sir Humphrey Davy investigated this body in 1810 and definitely proved it to be an element; Davy designated the element chlorine from the Greek χλωρός = green. Chlorination of Water 2011-09-13T02:00:32.243Z More than twenty years ago, Sir Humphrey Davy undertook to treat the subject of the application of chemical knowledge to agriculture in the analysis of soils and manures. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z In 1802, Wedgwood, of Etruria, the celebrated potter, made the first recorded experiments in photography; and these, with some additional ones by Sir Humphrey Davy, were published in the journals of the royal institution. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z He also experimented with the noxious gases in mines, inventing lamps which were the forerunner of Sir Humphrey Davy's. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Cavendish, Sir Humphrey Davy and Faraday, the great English scientists, to whom so much of progress in electricity and in physics is due, were very similar in this respect to their Italian colleagues. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Thilorier was killed by the explosion of a vessel of liquefied carbonic anhydride; Dulong lost an eye and finger, and Sir Humphrey Davy was wounded by an explosion of chloride of nitrogen. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z A visit from Sir Humphrey Davy during the summer was a great delight. Maria Edgeworth Views of Sir Humphrey Davy and L. von Buch.—The question how a volcanic cone came to be formed was not settled without a long controversy carried on by several naturalists of eminence. Volcanoes: Past and Present I dream of great things like Sir Humphrey Davy and Newton. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Many of the above prognostics, as well as some of those relating to animals, are thus noticed by Sir Humphrey Davy, in his “Salmonia, or Days of Fly-fishing.” The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World Sir Humphrey Davy and Sir Stamford Raffles are the two names most closely connected with its foundation. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Bacon thought that heat was a brisk agitation of the particles of substances, and Count Rumford and Sir Humphrey Davy thought they proved that it could be nothing else, but they convinced nobody. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena Vegetable Sympathy.—I have been told that Sir Humphrey Davy asserted that the shoots of trees, if transplanted, will only live as long as the parent stock—supposing that to die naturally. Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc They went to the Vatican; and Sir Humphrey Davy being then in Rome, they induced him to accompany them, in the hope that his high scientific authority would have some weight with the Pontiff. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The most celebrated is that known as Sir Humphrey Davy’s lamp. The Mines and its Wonders The gentlemen who explained to us the process said that Sir Humphrey Davy had attended them constantly, and had taken great pains to contrive some better chemical process for the purpose, but without success. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I There are some excellent observations on this subject in the translator's preface, who quotes from Sir Humphrey Davy on colours. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 It is also celebrated as being the birthplace of Sir Humphrey Davy. A Yacht Voyage Round England Sir Humphrey Davy attributed its action to its supplying sulphur to those plants which, according to him, contain an unusually large quantity of that element. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry In this special work he was repeating the labors of Sir Humphrey Davy in London. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 A lamp, invented by a very learned man, Sir Humphrey Davy, is used when there is a risk of fire-damp. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Calcareous sand 2 " Loamy soil 21 " Clay loam 25 " Pure agricultural clay 27 " Sir Humphrey Davy found, that the power of attraction for water, generally proved an index to the agricultural value of soils. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Sir Humphrey Davy said: "Franklin seeks rather to make philosophy a useful inmate and servant in the common habitations of man, than to preserve her merely as an object for admiration in temples and palaces." Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The same was true of Sir Humphrey Davy. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning For, if He had called into existence such witnesses as Sir Isaac Newton, or Sir Humphrey Davy, or Cuvier, or Faraday, they would have fallen down and worshipped. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself As secretary of the Society, Sir Humphrey Davy stated that at the last session it had bestowed the Count Rumford medal upon Murdock for "his economical application of the gas light." Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The progress of science came to their assistance also; Sir Humphrey Davy applied chemistry to agriculture with success, and the development of mechanical science bestowed a multitude of advantages upon the large farmer. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 To remedy this, Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp in 1815, which gave the miners the light they needed and prevented these explosions. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History As a chemist, he was only inferior to Sir Humphrey Davy, of his day. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Sir Humphrey Davy took great interest in it, and, in writing to a friend, said: "I shall hope soon to see English roads the haunts of Captain Trevethick's dragons." Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Late in 1800 Sir Humphrey Davy was the first to use charcoal for the sparking points. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Potassium, the metallic basis of potash, was discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1807, who succeeded in separating it from potash by means of a powerful voltaic battery. The Chemical History of a Candle Thirty years since, Sir Humphrey Davy spoke with his countrymen as follows:— "There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity; it is followed more as connected with objects of profit than fame." Letters on International Copyright; Second Edition Ah! but these chemists are liars, and Sir Humphrey Davy a cheat. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Sir Humphrey Davy worked a miracle when he took the boy Farrady out of a stable loft and gave him a chance to cultivate his genius. Supreme Personality Copies of it found their way to England, where it was praised by Sir Humphrey Davy and the veteran geographer, Major Rennel. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers I have here a chemical substance, discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy, which has a very energetic action upon water, which I shall use as a test of the presence of water. The Chemical History of a Candle Morrison and Carey were shoemakers, Franklin was a printer's apprentice, Burns a country plowman, Stephenson a collier, Faraday a bookbinder, Arkwright a barber, and Sir Humphrey Davy a drug clerk. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Sir Humphrey Davy was of opinion that the tints of different seas may very likely be owing to different proportions of iodine. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 He introduced me to Sir Humphrey Davy and many other London savans, and shewed me many London sights and the Greenwich Observatory. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy Schoolcraft's Narrative is admirable," observes Sir Humphrey Davy, "both for the facts it develops, and for the simplicity and clearness of the details. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers At least three unimpeachable Sassenach writers, Sir Humphrey Davy, Sir Walter Scott, and Mr Morritt of Rokeby, had all heard the prediction when Lord Seaforth had two sons alive, both in good health. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name But to return to the 'Diary' of Sir Humphrey Davy. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 In the letter which has just reached me, he encloses a favorable notice of my recent Narrative of the Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi, from Sir Humphrey Davy. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The fact is, Sir Humphrey Davy was about the last man in the world to commit himself on scientific topics. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 |
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