How Long to Read The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy?

It takes the average reader 38 hours and 40 minutes to read The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy by Tim Fulford

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Description

This is the first collected edition of the letters of Humphry Davy. Davy is a significant figure in both the history of science and literary history. One of the foremost chemists of the early nineteenth century, he was the first person to inhale nitrous oxide. He pioneered electrochemistry, using the Voltaic pile to isolate more chemical elements than any other scientist; and he invented the miners' safety lamp that came to be known as the 'Davy lamp'. His lectures and papers played a key part in the professionalization of science, in the growth of scientific institutions, and in the emergence of scientific disciplines. He was the protege of Thomas Beddoes and Joseph Banks, and the mentor of Michael Faraday. He was also a poet, and a friend of poets, including Wordsworth, Southey, Scott, and Byron. The edition contains fully annotated transcriptions of correspondence (much previously unpublished) with such figures as Joseph Banks, Thomas Beddoes, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Faraday, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, the Herschels, the Marcets, Marc-Auguste Pictet, Nicolas-Theodore de Saussure, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, William Hyde Wollaston, and Thomas Young. The edition throws new light on Davy, on the histories of science and literature, and on the social history of the early nineteenth century. It illuminates scientific controversies over the safety lamp, the Board of Longitude, the Geological Society, and the Royal Society. It offers new perspectives on the 1790s poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. It illuminates women's literary networks, reveals the links between science and government, and casts light on provincial and dissenting intellectual networks, among Quakers and Unitarians.

How long is The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy?

The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy by Tim Fulford is 2,320 pages long, and a total of 580,000 words.

This makes it 783% the length of the average book. It also has 709% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 52 hours and 49 minutes to read The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy aloud.

What Reading Level is The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy?

The Collected Letters of Humphry Davy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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