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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, detail of an oil painting after Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1800, Sir Humphry Davy published Researches, Chemical and Philosophical, Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and Its Respiration. This work, which detailed his experimental investigations into nitrous oxide, immediately established his scientific reputation and led to his appointment at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.1