Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) 1st Baronet, was a Cornish chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. In 1799 he experimented with nitrous oxide so he nicknamed it laughing gas. UK. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

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