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Antique mining lamp, height with hook 35 cm, largest diameter 9.7 cm, weight 1933 grams, with 2 numbers in a copper plate: 66 and number: 13 Electric battery, battery ± 1950 Source; http://www.mijnlampen.nl/ Humphry Davy was born in Penzance in Cornwall (England). Davy became known for his experiences with the physiological effects of some gases, including nitrous oxide (nitric oxide N2O). In 1801 he was nominated professor at the Royal Institution of the United Kingdom and a member of the Royal Society of which he would later be president. In 1800 Alessandro Volta introduced the first electric battery. Davy used these to separate salts into their elements through what is now known as electrolysis.
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