...journals of the time. — " On the 25th, Mr. Davy commenced a course of lectures on Galvanic phenomena. Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished...gratified, and testified their satisfaction by general and repeated applause. " Mr. Davy, who appears to be very young, acquitted himself admirably. From...

...journals of the time. — •" On the 25th, Mr. Davy commenced a course of lectures on Galvanic phenomena. Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished...gratified, and testified their satisfaction by general and repeated applause. " Mr. Davy, who appears to be very young, acquitted himself admirably. From...

...exhibited some interesting experiments on the galvanic effects on the solution of metals in acids. Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished...the tout ensemble, we have no doubt of his attaining a distinguished eminence." And what was of more immediate consequence, this confident assurance was...

...potash, &c.), give much more sensible shocks than the pile as at first constructed. The reporter added : 'Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished philosophers were present. The audience was highly gratified, and testified their satisfaction by general applause. Mr. Davy, who appears to...

...then new society, the Royal Institution, and it is pleasant to read in a magazine of that date that " Mr. Davy, who appears to be very young, acquitted himself admirably well," and next "that the enthusiastic admiration which his lectures excited can hardly be imagined." Men...

...exhibited some interesting experiments on the galvanic effects on the solutions of metals in acids. . . . " Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished...the tout ensemble, we have no doubt of his attaining a distinguished eminence." The Managers were so far satisfied, that at a meeting held on June 1st they...

...exhibited some interesting experiments on the galvanic effects on time solution of metals in acids. Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished...were present. The audience were highly gratified, amid testified their satisfaction by general applause. Mr. I)avy, who appears to be very young, acquitted...

...The full title of lecturer was given him at once, and the Philosophical Magazine, predicted that " from the sparkling intelligence of his eye, his animated...tout ensemble,' we have no doubt of his attaining a distinguished eminence." The control of the subjects to be investigated rested at the time with the...

...quickens on reading the remarkable prescience of the account in the Philosophical Magazine of the lecture: ‘Mr Davy, who appears to be very young, acquitted...the tout ensemble, we have no doubt of his attaining a distinguished eminence.' Other lecture demonstrations by Davy followed. Early in the summer of 1801,...