Talk:Humphry Davy

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"Davy became known due to his experiences with the physiological action of some gases." --do you mean experiments with? --Koyaanis Qatsi

Davy had his friends over to do the experiments with them. They were under the influence.

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I went Googling and I can safely say I've never seen a name incorrectly spelled so often in my life. Well, except Edmund-Edmond Halley, but that was because Halley spelled it both ways. The definitive sources all gow with Humphry-no-E, though. Good eyes. -- Paul Drye

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"Davy became well known owing to his experiences with the physiological action of some gases" What is that supposed to say? --Floog

Sorry, didn't bother reading above, fixed what it said on the actual page.--Floog

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I went to the Humphry (without an 'e') Davy (without an 'e') Grammar (without and 'e') School so I don't usually make the 'Humphrey' mistake. I will try and get a nice picture of his statue when I am next down at Penzance in a few weeks.ChrisAngove 22:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] clerihew

Is anyone interested in inserting the E.C. Bentley clerihew regarding Davy into the text? It reads;

• Sir Humphry Davy,
• Detested gravy.
• He lived on the odium
• Of discovering Sodium

Obviously, the gravy comment will need researching.LessHeard vanU 23:19, 8 July 2006 (UTC) Bold text