Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher

INDEX.

• Address from Whitehaven colliers to Davy, 203
• Agriculture, Davy’s lectures on, 94 et seq.; 165
• Alkali metals, Isolation of, 114, 116;
• their properties, 118
• Alkaline earths, Decomposition of, 126
• Ammonia: Davy’s conjectures as to its nature, 121
• Ammonium amalgam: Davy’s views as to its nature, 127
• Ammonium nitrate, Modes of decomposition of, 43
• “Annual Anthology, The,” 18, 57
• Apreece, Mrs., 159, 162
• Babington, Dr., his character, 224
• Bakerian lecture, Origin of, 100
• Banks, Sir Joseph, his opinion of the Royal Institution, 80;
• his account of Davy’s courtship, 162;
• his opinion of Davy, 213;
• death of, 212
• Beddoes, Mrs., 28
• ——, Thomas, 23;
• letters to Davies Gilbert, 24, 25;
• engages Davy as chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, 25;
• his testimony to Davy’s originality, 32;
• his end, 65
• Bernard, Thomas, 66, 67, 80
• Berthollet, Davy’s account of, 179;
• his theory of the nature of chlorine, 136, 144
• Berzelius, Jakob, 94, 109, 143, 154
• Bonaparte’s medal for discoveries in galvanism awarded to Davy, 109
• Borlase, Bingham, 15, 25
• Boron, Isolation of, 129
• Brande, William Thomas, succeeds Davy as Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, 176
• Brownrigg, Lady, her account of Davy, 111
• Buddle, John, 194, 195, 201, 204, 209;
• letter to Davy, 201
• Cardew, Dr., Master of Truro Grammar School, his opinion of Davy as a boy, 12
• Chlorine, Discovery of, by Scheele, 136;
• its nature, 134 et seq.;
• controversy as to its nature, 143;
• its bleaching power explained, 149;
• its liquefaction by Northmore, 149;
• by Faraday, 149
• —— compounds, Davy’s nomenclature of, 149
• Chlorophosphamide, 138
• Coal-owners’ Testimonial to Davy, 205, 208
• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, his opinion of Davy, 18, 55, 57, 88;
• letters to Davy, 57, 58, 59;
• letter to Purkis, 88
• Colouring matters of the Ancients, Investigation of, by Davy, 185, 187
• “Consolations in Travel,” 232
• Copley medal awarded to Davy, 213
• Coryton, Mr., Master of Penzance Grammar School, his methods of tuition, 12, 13, 53
• Cottle, Amos, his account of Davy, 55
• Cuvier, Davy’s account of, 178
• Davy: His birth, 9;
• becomes chemist to the Pneumatic Institution, 25;
• goes to the Royal Institution, 63;
• his views on the Atomic Theory, 146, 147;
• marriage, 163;
• is knighted, 164;
• is elected a member of the Institute, 179;
• is created a baronet, 211;
• his illness, 221, 224;
• death, 234;
• burial, 234;
• his character, 235, 236;
• as an angler, 158, 159, 229;
• as a lecturer, 71, 73 et seq., 84, 86;
• as a man of society, 87, 115;
• as a poet, 17, 18, 19, 125, 179
• Davy’s letters: To Mrs. Apreece, 159, 160, 161;
• to Mr. Children, 168, 223;
• to Lady Davy, 226, 227, 228;
• to Dr. John Davy, 163, 165, 183, 222, 231, 232;
• to Faraday, 174;
• to Mr. Davies Gilbert, 29, 40, 51, 63, 85, 228;
• to Dr. Gray, 195, 197;
• to Rev. Mr. Hodgson, 196;
• to Dr. Hope, 62, 69;
• to his mother, 13, 26, 27, 52, 62, 79, 158, 163, 176, 188, 211, 223;
• to Mr. Poole, 88, 214, 225, 228, 232;
• to his sisters, 116
• —— nomenclature of chlorine compounds, 149
• Davy medal, The, 235
• ——, Edmund, cousin of Humphry Davy, 114, 123, 133
• ——, Edmund, grandfather of Humphry Davy, 10
• ——, Lady, her character, 189, 190, 191
• ——, Robert, father of Humphry Davy, 9, 10
• Diamond, Davy’s investigation of nature of, 184
• Dibdin, Dr., his address on the occasion of Davy’s illness, 123
• Edgeworth, Maria, her account of the respiratory action of nitrous oxide, 41;
• her account of Davy’s visit to Ireland, 112, 158;
• on Mrs. Apreece, 165
• Electro-chemical Theory of Davy, 106
• Electrolytic decomposition of water, Discovery of, by Nicholson and Carlisle, 90
• Electro-magnetism, Davy’s contributions to, 218
• “Elements of Chemical Philosophy,” Davy’s, 167
• Euchlorine, 142, 151
• Faraday, Michael, attends Davy’s lectures, 143;
• joins the Royal Institution, 173;
• his letters to Abbott concerning Davy, 188, 189;
• his relations to Davy, 220
• “Fidelissima,” her sonnets to Davy, 78
• Fire-damp explosions, 193
• Flame, Davy’s investigations on, 209
• Fluorine, Attempts to isolate, by Davy, 170
• —— theory, The, 172 et seq.
• “Fuming liquor of Cadet,” Davy’s investigation of, 132
• Garnett, Thomas, first lecturer in the Royal Institution, 68
• Gay Lussac, Davy’s account of, 179
• Gilbert, Davies (Davies Giddy), 21, 22
• Gray, Rev. Dr., his association with Davy, 195, 197
• Heat a mode of motion, 32
• “Heat, Light, and the Combinations of Light,” 30, 37
• Hippesley, Sir John, 69, 80
• Hodgson, Rev. Mr., his association with Davy, 194, 196, 201
• Horner, Francis, his opinion of Davy as a lecturer, 77
• Humboldt, Davy’s account of, 178
• Hydrogen chloride, Synthesis of, by Cruickshank, 139
• Iodates, Davy’s investigation of, 184
• Iodine, Discovery of, by Courtois, 180;
• investigation of, by Clement, 180;
• by Davy, 180 et seq.;
• by Gay Lussac, 180
• Ireland, Davy’s views on, 112;
• his lectures in, 156 et seq.
• Lavoisier’s “Elements”—character as a text-book, 19
• “Liquor of Libavius,” Action of ammonia on, studied by Davy, 137
• Lockhart’s account of Davy, 110, 217
• Nitrogen believed by Davy to be a compound, 132 et seq.
• —— chloride, Investigation of, by Davy, 168;
• its explosion injures Davy, 169
• —— oxides, Davy’s work on, 42, 45
• Nitrosulphonic acid, 154
• Nitrous oxide, discovery of its respirability, 41, 46, 49;
• composition of, 45;
• effect of breathing, 49
• Oxymuriatic acid, Davy’s memoir on, 134
• Papyri, Davy’s attempts to unroll, 211
• Penzance, State of society in, at close of 18th century, 14
• Phosoxygen, 30, 33, 35, 37
• Phospham, 138
• Phosphorous acid and oxide, 153
• —— chlorides discovered by Davy, 129, 152;
• action of ammonia on, 137;
• action of water on, 140;
• analysis of, 153
• Pneumatic Institution, Bristol, 23, 27, 29
• Potassamide, Preparation of, 129
• Potassium, Isolation of, 114 et seq., 116 et seq.;
• properties of, 116
• Priestley, Joseph, 38
• Purkis, Mr., his account of Davy’s lectures, 77
• Royal Institution, The, its origin and character, 66, 79;
• its chemical laboratory, 90, 133;
• minutes of Managers, 63, 72, 166, 175, 176
• —— medals, the, Institution of, 216
• —— Society, Davy’s election into the, 213;
• becomes Secretary, 112;
• becomes President, 214;
• his views of its functions, 215
• Rumford, his theory of heat, 32;
• founds the Royal Institution, 66;
• visit of Davy to, at Auteuil, 177
• —— medal awarded to Davy, 213
• Safety lamp, its invention, 192 et seq.;
• account of, by Playfair, 203
• “Salmonia,” Account of, 229
• Scheele, discoverer of chlorine, 136
• Scott, Sir Walter, his friendship for Lady Davy, 162;
• his friendship for Davy, 217
• Ship-sheathing, Davy’s experiments on, 222
• Silex in plants, 39
• Sodium, Isolation of, 118;
• properties of, 119
• Southey, Robert, his opinion of Davy, 18, 55, 56;
• letter to Davy, 56
• Steel-mill, The, 193
• Stephenson, George, his attempts to make a safe lamp, 205
• Tanning, Lectures on, 72
• Telluretted hydrogen, Discovery of, by Davy, 131
• Tepidarians, The, 75, 78
• Ticknor’s account of Davy, 190;
• of Lady Davy, 190
• Tonkin, John, Davy’s benefactor, 9, 13, 20, 25, 53
• Torpedo, Electricity of, 183, 231
• Trinity College, Dublin, confers honorary LL.D. on Davy, 158
• Vauquelin, Davy’s account of, 178
• Vesuvius, Davy’s investigations on, 185, 187, 212
• Volta, Davy’s account of, 186;
• Faraday’s account of, 188
• Voltaic electricity, Davy’s contributions to, 93, 99, 100, 113, 114, 126, 131
• —— pile, Discovery of, 90, 93
• Warington, Professor, his estimate of Davy as an agricultural chemist, 98
• Watt, Gregory, his character, 21, 52
• Wavellite, Davy’s analysis of, 94
• “West Country Collection,” 30;
• characteristics of Davy’s contributions to, 37
• Wollaston, William Hyde, character of, 214, 217;
• his death, 232
• Wordsworth meets Davy on Helvellyn, 110
• Young, Thomas, his connection with the Royal Institution, 72;
• his review of Davy’s “Elements of Chemical Philosophy,” 167;
• death of, 234