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Humphry Davy
( 1778 - 1829 )

picture of Humphry Davy experimenting in the laboratory
Humphry Davy was Superintendant of Thomas Beddoes' short-lived Pneumatic Institution. In the course of his work in the Laboratory, Davy energetically inhaled and investigated vapours and gases, especially nitrous oxide.


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