Humphry Davy Quotes
'The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw'
'The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures'
'Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking'
Born in Penzance, Cornwall
More about Humphry Davy
Links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/davy_humphrey.shtm The BBC page on Davy
http://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/ The Humphrey Davy school in Cornwall
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