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Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) A British chemist, Davy discovered the exhilarating effect of nitrous oxide. In 1807 Davy succeeded in decomposing potash, and in the following year he decomposed soda, lime, baryta, and strontia.
Sarah K. Bolton, Famous Men of Science (New York: Thomas E. Crowell & Co., 1889) 139.
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