Sir Humphrey Davy

Noun

Meaning

English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

davy Humphrey Davy

Examples

The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. George Stephenson

Close letter words and terms

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