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

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