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Sir Humphry Davy FRS (1778-1829)
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Aug 21, 2007
Please could you add Sir Humphry Davy A25568445 to the 17th December:
Inventor of Miners' Safety Lamp.
One of the founding fathers of general anaesthesiology, due to his dicovery of the anaesthetic properties of nitogen (1) oxide ('laughing gas') on animals and humans in 1800.
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Sir Humphry Davy FRS (1778-1829)
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Aug 21, 2007
Oops, forgot to mention, this is 'coz he was born on 17 December, 1778.
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