Humphry Davy Quotes:
Ocupation: Chemist
Life: December 17, 1778 - May 29, 1829
Birthday: December 17
Death: May 29
And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes [in animal and vegetal substances]; matter assumes new forms, the destruction of one order of beings tends to the conservation of another, solution and consolidation, decay and renovation, are connected, and whilst the parts of the system, continue in a state of fluctuation and change, the order and harmony of the whole remain unalterable.
source: "The Collected Works: Discourses delivered before the Royal Society".
topic: Animal, Light, Order, Renovation, Consolidation, Electrical Power, Electrical
