Humphry Davy Poet And Philosopher (99)

BY T E THORPE

Brief Description:
This is a modern edition of a biography from the late 1890's of Humphry Davy, renowned chemist and accomplished poet,who is famous primarilly for his role in the isolation of iodine and discovery of the Davy Lamp. Throughout his life he used poetry to express his emotional landscape, demonstrating a romantic spirit that was evident in his vision of science as well. Davy acquired his taste for experimental science as a youth , mainly due to his mentor, a Quaker named Robert Dunkin, a saddler and a man of original mind and of the most varied accomplishments. SECONDHAND BOOK in good condition, I think bought from us and returned unread.

Nonesuch Books_ 1896 190 PP. Paper

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