Sir Humphry Davy & The Market House
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Sir Humphry Davy & The Market House
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 29 Jul 2010
The statue of Sir Humphry stands in front of the imposing Market House (now owned by Lloyds TSB) at the top of the Penzance's main street Market Jew Street. Nearby is a house on which a commemorative plaque claims the location as the site of his birth Davy was one of Britain’s most notable scientists also an inventor. He is best remembered for his discoveries of several alkali metals, as well as contributing to the discovery of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. In 1815 he invented the famous Davy lamp, which allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases.
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50.118932
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