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Davy

[ dey-vee ]

noun

  1. Sir Humphry, 1778–1829, English chemist.


Davy

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. DavySir Humphry17781829MEnglishSCIENCE: chemistTECHNOLOGY: inventor Sir Humphry. 1778–1829, English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature of chemical combination. He invented the Davy lamp See Davy lamp
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Davy

  1. British chemist who was a pioneer of electrochemistry. By means of electrolysis Davy isolated several elements, including sodium and potassium (1807), and barium, boron, calcium, and magnesium (1808). He also proved that diamonds are a form of carbon.
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Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas presided over the San Francisco Symphony for an influential quarter century, was festooned with giant blue balloons.

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Director of water services Marc Davies said: "Use the water you need but don't waste it. It's things like when you're brushing your teeth, to turn the taps off."

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Haulage company director Scott Davies welcomed the new stretch of road, but said work was needed elsewhere, such as a relief road around Newport, which the Welsh government previously said had "come and gone".

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Davies, 62, won a silver medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and has long argued against the inclusion of trans women in women's sport.

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Davies writes that his central subject is “the biggest problem of modern industrial life — the problem of being overloaded with information, of ‘trying to get a drink from a firehose.’”

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