--- title: "Best Humphry Davy Quotes" description: "Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and an early form of arc lamp. Browse 50 Humphry Davy quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-humphry-davy-42685.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-humphry-davy-42685.jpg) # Humphry Davy (1778–1829) Chemist **50** quotes in **482** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Humphry Davy was a chemist, best known for *Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher*. ## Quick Facts About Humphry Davy Born December 17, 1778 Died May 29, 1829 Profession Chemist Notable works Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher ## About Humphry Davy Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and an early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry. He is credited with discovering clathrate hydrates. In 1799, he experimented with nitrous oxide and was astonished at how it made him laugh. He nicknamed it "laughing gas" and wrote about its potential as an anaesthetic to relieve pain during surgery. Davy was a baronet, President of the Royal Society (PRS), Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), a founder member and Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. Berzelius called Davy's 1806 Bakerian Lecture "On Some Chemical Agencies of Electricity" "one of the best memoirs which has ever enriched the theory of chemistry." ## Quotes by Humphry Davy · Page 2 > [Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/fortunately-science-like-that-nature-to-which-it-belongs-is-neither/) [Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/humphry-davy-13342_age_fortunately-science-like-that-nature-to_2594047.jpg) > [The well-mannered man never puts out his hand in greeting until a lady extends hers. 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You owe to experimental philosophy some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-progression-of-physical-science-is-much-more-connected-with-your/) [Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/) [Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/humphry-davy-13342_advantage_the-progression-of-physical-science-is-m_3209958.jpg) > [“ Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/cuvier-had-even-in-his-address-manner-the-character-of-a-superior-man-2/) [Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/humphry-davy-13342_communication_cuvier-had-even-in-his-address-manner-th_2365552.jpg) > [James Watt was equally distinguished as a natural philosopher and chemist; his inventions demonstrate his profound knowledge of those sciences, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/james-watt-was-equally-distinguished-as-a-natural-philosopher-and/) [Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/) [Application](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/application/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/humphry-davy-13342_application_james-watt-was-equally-distinguished-as_512055.jpg) > [Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. 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