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- Title
HUMPHRY DAVY: THE EXPERIMENTAL SELF.
- Authors
Golinski, Jan
- Abstract
An essay on the career of British chemist Humphry Davy is presented. It examines his personal identity, social persona, and charisma. The author comments on Davy's use of his own body during his experiments on nitrous oxide with scientist Thomas Beddoes and considers Davy's time working for the Royal Institution in London, England. Other topics include Davy's self-representation, his relations with patrons and the middle class, and satire depicting Davy as a dandy.
- Subjects
DAVY, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; CHEMISTS; NITROUS oxide; BEDDOES, Thomas Lovell, 1803-1849; ROYAL Institution of Great Britain; HUMAN experimentation; IDENTITY (Psychology); DANDIES
- Publication
Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0013-2586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecs.2011.0040