John Davy (Zoologe)

John Davy (* 24. Mai 1790 in Penzance, England; † 24. Januar 1868 in Ambleside) war ein englischer Arzt, Chemiker und Zoologe.

John Davy war der jüngere Bruder von Sir Humphry Davy. 1814 promovierte er zum Dr. med. in Edinburgh. 1812 hatte er Phosgen entdeckt und später Siliciumtetrafluorid. 1815 wurde er Stabsarzt der britischen Armee und reiste nach Indien, Ceylon und Barbados. 1863 entdeckte er, dass Eierschalen rund 8000 Poren haben, groß genug, dass Sauerstoff hinein und Kohlendioxid heraus fließen kann.

Am 17. Februar 1814 wurde Davy als Mitglied („Fellow“) in die Royal Society gewählt.^[1] Auf Vorschlag von Thomas Charles Hope wurde er am 22. Februar 1842 als „Fellow“ in die Royal Society of Edinburgh gewählt.^[2]

Bücher

• An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its inhabitants. With travels in that island. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London 1821 (Digitalisat).
• Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy. 2 Bände, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London 1836 (Band 1, Band 2).
• Researches, physiological and anatomical. 2 Bände, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1839 (Band 1, Band 2).
• Notes and observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta: with some remarks on Constantinople and Turkey, and on the system of quarantine as at present conducted. 2 Bände, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1842 (Band 1, Band 2).
• Lectures on the study of chemistry, in connexion with the atmosphere, the Earth and the ocean: and discourses on agriculture; with an introduction on the present state of the West Indies, and on the agricultural societies of Barbados. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London 1849 (Digitalisat).
• The West Indies, before and since slave emancipation, comprising the Windward and Leeward islands’ military command […]. W. & F. G. Cash, London 1854 (Digitalisat).
• The angler and his friend; or, Piscatory colloquies and fishing excursions. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1855 (Digitalisat).
• The angler in the Lake district; or, Piscatory colloquies and fishing excursions in Westmoreland and Cumberland. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, London 1857 (Digitalisat).
• On some of the more important diseases of the army, with contributions to pathology. Williams and Norgate, London 1862 (Digitalisat).
• Physiological researches. Williams and Norgate, London 1863 (Digitalisat).

Zeitschriftenbeiträge

• On a gaseous compound of carbonic oxide and chlorine. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 102, 1812, S. 144–151 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1812.0008, JSTOR:107310).
• An account of some experiments on the combinations of different metals and chlorine, &c. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 102, 1812, S. 169–204 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1812.0012, JSTOR:107314).
• An account of some experiments on different combinations of fluoric acid. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 102, 1812, S. 352–369 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1812.0020, JSTOR:107324).
• An account of some experiments on animal heat. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 104, 1814, S. 590–603 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1814.0033, JSTOR:107452).
• Observations on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea-water, made during a voyage to Ceylon. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 107, 1817, S. 275–292 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1817.0022, JSTOR:107588).
• On the urinary organs and secretions of some of the amphibia. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 108, 1818, S. 303–307 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1818.0017, JSTOR:107472).
• An account of the urinary organs and urine of two species of the genus Rana. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 111, 1821, S. 95–100 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1821.0009, JSTOR:107605).
• Some observations on the buffy coat of the blood, &c. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 112, 1822, S. 271–275 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1822.0022, JSTOR:107686).
• Some observations on corrosive sublimate. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 112, 1822, S. 357–366 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1822.0027, JSTOR:107691).
• Observations on air found in the pleura, in a case of pneumato-thorax; with experiments on the absorption of different kinds of air introduced into the pleura. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 113, 1823, S. 496–516 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1823.0031, JSTOR:107660).
• Farther particulars of a case of pneumato-thorax. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 114, 1824, S. 257–265 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1824.0017, JSTOR:107716).
• Observations on the changes which have taken place in some antient alloys of copper. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 116, 1826, S. 55–59 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1826.0007, JSTOR:107798).
• Observations on the poison of the common toad. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 116, 1826, S. 127–131 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1826.0013, JSTOR:107804).
• Some account of a new volcano in the Mediterranean. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 122, 1832, S. 237–249 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1832.0010, JSTOR:107961).
• Further notice of the new volcano in the Mediterranean. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 122, 1832, S. 251–253 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1832.0011, JSTOR:107962).
• An account of some experiments and observations on the torpedo (Raia torpedo, Linn.). In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 122, 1832, S. 259–278 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1832.0013, JSTOR:107964).
• Notice of the remains of the recent volcano in the Mediterranean. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 123, 1833, S. 143–146 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1833.0012, JSTOR:107991).
• Observations on the torpedo, with an account of some additional experiments on its electricity. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 124, 1834, S. 531–550 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1834.0026, JSTOR:108075).
• Some remarks in reply to Dr. Daubeny’s note on the air disengaged from the sea over the site of the recent volcano in Mediterranean. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 124, 1834, S. 551–554 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1834.0027, JSTOR:108076).
• An account of some experiments on the blood in connexion with the theory of respiration. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 128, 1838, S. 283–299 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1838.0015, JSTOR:108199).
• On the male organs of some of the cartilaginous fishes. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 129, 1839, S. 139–149 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1839.0011, JSTOR:108168).
• Miscellaneous observations on animal heat. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 134, 1844, S. 57–64 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1844.0005, JSTOR:108359).
• On the temperature of man. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 135, 1845, S. 319–333 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1845.0014, JSTOR:108276).
• On the temperature of man within the tropics. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 140, 1850, S. 437–466 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1850.0023, JSTOR:108446).
• Some observations on the ova of the salmon, in relation to the distribution of species. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Band 146, 1856, S. 21–29 (doi:10.1098/rstl.1856.0005, JSTOR:108578) – Brief an Charles Darwin.

Als Herausgeber

• The collected works of Humphry Davy. 9 Bände, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1839–1840.
  • Band 1: Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy. 1839 (archive.org).
  • Band 2: Early miscellaneous papers from 1799 to 1805, with an introductory lecture and outlines of lectures on chemistry, delivered in 1802, and 1804. 1839 (Digitalisat).
  • Band 3: Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxyde, or dephlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration. 1839 (Digitalisat).
  • Band 4: Elements of Chemical Philosophy. 1840 (archive.org).
  • Band 5: Bakerian Lectures and Miscellaneous Papers from 1806 to 1815. 1840 (archive.org).
  • Band 6: Miscellaneous Papers and Researches, especially on the Safety-Lamp, and Flame, and on the Protection of the Copper Sheathing of Ships, from 1815 to 1828. 1840 (Digitalisat).
  • Band 7: Discourses delivered before the Royal Society: Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, Part I. 1840 (archive.org).
  • Band 8: Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, Part II / Miscellaneous lectures and extracts from lectures. 1840 (Digitalisat).
  • Band 9: Salmonia, or Days of fly-fishing / Consolation in travel, or The last days of a philosopher. 1840 (archive.org).
• Fragmentary remains, literary and scientific, of Sir Humphry, Davy, Bart., late president of the Royal Society, etc., with a sketch of his life and selections from his correspondence. John Churchill, London 1858 (Digitalisat).

Ältere

• [Obituary notice.] In: Proceedings of the Royal Society. Band 16, 1868, S. LXXIX–LXXXI (doi:10.1098/rspl.1867.0004, JSTOR:112567).
• [Obituary notice.] In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Band 6, 1869, S. 288–291 (Digitalisat).
• Obituary. Dr. John Davy, F.R.S. In: The Medical times and gazette. A journal of medical science, literature, criticism, and news. For 1868. London 1868, Teil 1, S. 160–161 (Digitalisat).
• Recollections of Dr. John Davy. In: The Medical times and gazette. A journal of medical science, literature, criticism, and news. For 1871. London 1871, Teil 2, S. 390–391 (Digitalisat).

Neuere

• Michael Bevan: Davy, John (1790–1868). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Hrsg.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X; doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7317 (Lizenz erforderlich), Stand: 11. Juni 2020.

1. ↑ Eintrag zu Davy; John (1790–1868); Surgeon im Archiv der Royal Society, London
2. ↑ C. D. Waterston, A. Macmillan Shearer: Biographical index of former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. Part I: A–J. 2006, ISBN 0-902198-84-X, S. 244 (PDF).

• John Davy Collection an der Royal Institution of Great Britain