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Title: Faraday and Franklin
Identifier(s): video:628; 2006_04_002
Description: Dr. Thomas discusses the similarities between Faraday and Franklin, focusing on their inventions and the values of the two men.
Subject: History of Science; Scientists, History, 18th century; Scientists, History, 19th century; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-27

Title: Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Discoverer, Inventor, Poet and Man of Action
Identifier(s): video:1130; 2012_04_004
Description: Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture; Sir John Thomas gives the Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture of 2012. He discusses Sir Humphry Davy and how he popularized science at his time.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 157, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 143-163
Subject: History of Science; Nitrous oxide; Poetry; Potash; Electricity; Agricultural chemistry; Anesthesiology; Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; The Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2012-04-19