Humphry Davy

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was greatly influenced by the Romantic Era and the science practiced during this time period. Occurring in the late 1700’s and the first half of the 1800’s, the Romantic Era was very diverse and robust in terms of interest in science and development of new theories and concepts. Romantic science emphasized a positive interaction between science and nature and criticized earlier Enlightenment efforts that exploited nature while searching for knowledge. Questioning the…

In the midst of a technologically saturated lifestyle, I stand by the idea that technology’s impact on the United States was once empowering, but has began to hinder the minds of average Americans. Many individuals go about their day without recognition of their use of short cuts that weren’t available a mere ten years ago, let alone the use of developed inventions that began one hundred years ago. I feel immensely fortunate to be apart of what seems like one of the last generations to…

the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. The Clermont begins its trip from Albany to New York City. 1809 James Madison is elected president The modern day battery was invented by Alessandro Volta. The first man-made electric lightning was invented by Humphry…

book was influenced by a scientific feud that ushered in the first batteryand our modern understanding of electricity. “(1) Mary was a radical, and a thinker well before her time. Pushing boundaries between what was real and what was possible. Humphry Davy and William Nicholson were two friends of Mary’s father and they were two of the early leading electrical researchers.…

Ever since its invention, photography has always been very popular. The number of people using the camera throughout the centuries continues to proliferate and with the increase in popularity for this new media came various expansions and technological advancements to the camera as well as the methodology of taking a photograph itself. These advancements did not happen suddenly; the technology and advancements in photography we have today is the product of many centuries of work through a…

Imagine a stranger being rushed into a hospital in critical condition. They are teetering by a thread, and in order to stay alive they need serious medical attention. They are sped into the operating room where a strong team of brilliant minds and gifted hands are waiting to conduct emergency surgery that consequently save the stranger’s life. The hasty actions and precision of the intelligent team gave a stranger their entire life back, but it is not a huge deal because those doctors are adept…

Introduction Fluorine is the 9th element on the periodic table. It is a light yellow gas and is most commonly known for helping your teeth. I choiced this element because it has the highest electronegativity. But what other traits does fluorine have? Read my ABC book and find out. A is for… Atomic number The atomic number of fluorine is 9. The most common isotope of fluorine is 19F and 18F. Fluorine is more stable in when it has 10 neutrons. Fluorine is a halogen and is placed on…

on today’s modern society, changing major aspects of everyday life. One of Edison’s most famous inventions till date is the light bulb. To be accurate to history, Edison did not invent the light bulb. The light bulb had already been invented by Humphry Davy in 1802. The reason we do not hear about Davey, is because he got the first bulb to work, but his bulb burnt out quickly and was too bright to use in practical use like houses. Edison soon started to play around with the design of the light…

photosensitive materials. He used paper that was made light sensitive through the application of silver chloride solution. Then, he would expose the photosensitive paper in a camera obscura. At first he experienced the same difficulties both Wedgewood and Davy faced; the image was too indistinct and the action of the light could not be thoroughly stopped. Also, the tones of the image were reversed, thus creating a negative image. Niepce tried to use the negative to create a positive image and to…

Conceived on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Edison ascended from humble beginnings to fill in as an innovator of significant innovation. Setting up a lab in Menlo Park, a portion of the items he created incorporated the transmit, phonograph, the primary monetarily handy brilliant electric light, soluble capacity batteries and Kinetograph (a camera for films). He kicked the bucket on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. At age 12, Edison embarked to give a lot of that…