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