The Electrochemical Theory of Sir Humphry Davy

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Sir Humphry Davy has been widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of electrochemistry 1 . The discoveries of the Voltaic pile 2 and electrolysis 3 announced in 1800 aroused Davy’s immediate interest and caused him to begin a series of experiments on the new “galvanic phenomena” 4 . He pursued these with such success that within a year or two public interest was to be demonstrated by the provision of courses of lectures at the Royal Institution 5 .

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