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Another important acquisition is an early autograph letter by Sir Humphry Davy of April 1808, referring to his exciting discovery of the alkali metals only a few months earlier. By passing an electric current from a chemical "pile" (battery) through molten soda or potash, Davy produced shiney globules of metal which burst into flame on exposure to air. This letter predates his published paper on these two new elements, which he here proposes to name [[underline]] potassium [[/underline]] and [[underline]] sodium [[/underline]]. He also writes that his recent work suggested the existence of similar [[strikethrough]] met [[/strikethrough]] new metals in alkaline earths. This work later led to the discovery of four more new metallic elements, barium, strontium, calcium, and magnesium.
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[[underline]] DAVY, Humphrey [[/underline]]   Sir

Three fragments of handwriting
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DAVY (Sir Humphry, P.R.S., 1778-1829) Doc. SIGNED, From the Appartements of the Royal Society, November 19, 1821, to DR. CHARLES HUTTON, F.R.S., giving notice of the Elections of Council and offices of the Royal Society, at which his Presence is expected, 1 p. 4to, £3 10s/$9.80   ^[[Elliott. 57]]
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DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY (1778-1829) Natural Philosopher. Holograph Manuscript Poem entitled:- "Nonsense Verses.  The death of the Weazel".  4pp.  4to.  The Grange: October 22nd 1825 £10/10/-.
The poem is written in blank verse, consisting of 79 lines, the last 23 of which are written in another hand, and were dictated. The poem begins:-  ^[[FLETCHER-57]]
It was a lovely morning. Though the year
Was fast departing, yet the hues of heaven
Were bright as in the genial month of June..."
Davy wrote the poem while he was staying with Alexander Baring (later Lord Ashburton) at The Grange, Hampshire, to celebrate the killing of a weazel on the estate.
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DAVY TO AMPERE

51. DAVY, Humphry. English chemist. Last page of an Autograph Letter Signed, full page, quarto, undated. Addressed on the verso to M. Ampere, Paris. Seal tear, otherwise fine. ^[[Rendell-71]] $50.00

"the impulse given by the most distinguished scientific members of the Royal Society to the body in favor of distinguished foreigners, than to attempt to create it, in your celebrity is so high that you require no personal favor...from private friendship. Lady Davy who I am sorry to say is carried by bad health to a milder climate will deliver this letter.... I hope she will soon recover and return and save me from a journey to France this season which under any other circumstances except those depending upon the illness of a beloved object would be agreeable to me...."
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DAVY,SIR HUMPHRY (1778-1829)Chemist.

A.L.S. to Wm.Phillips (1775-1828)Geologist.

2pp. 8vo.July 1st. 1822.  £10/10/-
Writing a second time to thank him for his "very interesting & important Geological work" just published. He had left his first letter at the London Institution and thought Phillips had not received it.  He hoped that he would continue his valuable publication "so illustrative of exact geological science". Phillips published [[underline]] ^[[O]]utlines of the Geology of England and Wales [[/underline]] in 1822.  
^[[Fletcher-66]]

With portrait engraving.
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