The story of Sir Humphrey Davy and the invention of the safety-lamp (1878)
London ; New York : T. Nelson · leaf 39
stinterest in his Salmonia and ^ Consolations inTravel. He first made known the peculiarproperties of nitrous oxide, or laughing-gas, nowfrequently used instead of chloroform as an an-sesthetic. These are the claims of the Penzanceapothecarys apprentice—for in that capacity he 32 *• VICTORIES OF… … CHAPTER 11. SIR HUMPHREY DAVY S EARLY YEARS.
