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6 giorni fa · Local schools have suffered some devastating cuts. Humphry Davy School, a secondary school in Penzance, has had close to £600,000 slashed from its budget over the last 14 years. A cut equivalent to £715 per pupil. Nansloe Academy, a primary school in Helston, has lost around £1,500 per pupil in the same period.
3 giorni fa · In 1802, Humphry Davy used what he described as "a battery of immense size", consisting of 2,000 cells housed in the basement of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, to create an incandescent light by passing the current through a thin strip of platinum, chosen because the metal had an extremely high melting point.
5 giorni fa · Prince Hoare, who was an artist as well as, in his day, a popular dramatist, was living at No. 14 in 1801–24, From 1824 to 1826 Sir Humphry Davy rented the basement of No. 14, presumably as a workshop in which to carry out his experiments on the prevention of the corrosion of the copper sheathing on the bottoms of sea-going vessels.
2 giorni fa · Charles Babbage. Charles Babbage KH FRS ( / ˈbæbɪdʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. [1] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. [2] Babbage is considered by some to be "father of the computer".
3 giorni fa · Zijn bevindingen werden door de wetenschappelijke wereld erkend, hetgeen bekroond werd door Davy’s benoeming in 1820 tot lid van de prestigieuze Royal Society. Toch duurde het nog tot 1860 vooraleer zijn ontdekking in de geneeskunde werd toegepast. In de Verenigde Staten begon men toen met het toedienen van N 2 O ter bestrijding van tandpijn.
2 giorni fa · Sodium was first isolated by Humphry Davy in 1807 by the electrolysis of sodium hydroxide. Among many other useful sodium compounds, sodium hydroxide is used in soap manufacture, and sodium chloride (edible salt) is a de-icing agent and a nutrient for animals including humans. Sodium is an essential element for all animals and some ...
9 ore fa · 1808 on 30 June, Humphry Davy announced he had separated the element boron. However, working independently, French chemist, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac had announced* the same accomplishment nine days earlier, on 21 Jun 1808*TIS
