Humphry Davy, Poet and PhilosopherFront matterReading editionChapter navigation15 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Century Science Series.PREFACEChapter I · PENZANCE: 1778–1798.Chapter II · THE PNEUMATIC INSTITUTION, BRISTOL, 1798–1801.Chapter III · THE PNEUMATIC INSTITUTION, BRISTOL, 1798–1801 (continued).Chapter IV · THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.Chapter V · THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.Chapter VI · THE ISOLATION OF THE METALS OF THE ALKALIS.Chapter VII · CHLORINE.Chapter VIII · MARRIAGE—KNIGHTHOOD—ELEMENTS OF CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY—NITROGEN TRICHLORIDE—FLUORINE.Chapter IX · DAVY AND FARADAY—IODINE.Chapter X · THE SAFETY LAMP.Chapter XI · DAVY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY—HIS LAST DAYS.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →The Century Science Series.All chapters and sections (15)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Century Science Series.PREFACEChapters1234567891011Other sectionsINDEX.THE CENTURY SCIENCE SERIES Edited by SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.◇HUMPHRY DAVY POET AND PHILOSOPHERThe Century Science Series. →