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Humphry Davy was a brilliant research chemist, discovering laughing gas, sodium, potassium, calcium and barium, showing that not all acids contain oxygen, and inventing the miner's safety lamp. He was self-taught. This biography describes his life and work, with many quotes from his notebooks.
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