James, F;
(2017)
The Subversive Humphry Davy: Aristocracy and Establishing Chemical Research Laboratories in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century England.
In: Roberts, L and Werrett, S, (eds.)
Compound Histories: Materials, Governance and Production, 1760-1840.
(pp. 269-288).
Brill: Leiden/Boston.
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Abstract
This paper argues that Humphry Davy subverted the original intentions of the founders of both the Medical Pneumatic Institution in Bristol (where he worked, 1798-1801) and of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London (1801-1812). In Bristol, he pursued a research agenda not entirely relevant to the medical concerns of the MPI, while at the RIGB he established a culture of chemical research never envisaged by its founders. That he could do this seems attributable to there being little understanding at the time about how underdefined scientific institutions with laboratories should be run and this needed to be learnt.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Subversive Humphry Davy: Aristocracy and Establishing Chemical Research Laboratories in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century England |
| ISBN-13: | 9789004325562 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.brill.com/products/book/compound-histor... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Humphry Davy, Thomas Beddoes, Medical Pneumatic Institution, Royal Institution of Great Britain, research laboratories. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024570 |
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