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Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet PRS MRIA FGS FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a Cornish chemist and inventor, who is best remembered today for isolating, by using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry. From the Book Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes [The Wonders of Science, or Popular Description of Modern Inventions] by Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894 Published in Paris 1867
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![Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet PRS MRIA FGS FRS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a Cornish chemist and inventor, who is best remembered today for isolating, by using electricity, a series of elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. Davy also studied the forces involved in these separations, inventing the new field of electrochemistry. From the Book Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes [The Wonders of Science, or Popular Description of Modern Inventions] by Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894 Published in Paris 1867](https://www.photostock-israel.com/img-get2/I0000r2N8JD9k6LA/fit=1000x750/IR-f-b21496626-0099.jpg)
