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sir humphrey davy

 

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Noun sir humphrey davy has 1 sense
  1. Davy, Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy - English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
    --1 is a kind of chemist

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Sir Humphrey Davy

Noun: Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) was a British chemist and inventor, known for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals. He also invented the Davy lamp, a safety lamp used in coal mines.

Example Sentence: Sir Humphrey Davy revolutionized the field of chemistry with his groundbreaking discoveries of various metallic elements.

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