• Thumbnail for Edward Davy
    Edward Davy (16 June 1806 – 26 January 1885) was an English physician, scientist, and inventor who played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy...
    7 KB (813 words) - 19:23, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Humphry Davy
    Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS, MRIA, FGS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very...
    80 KB (9,383 words) - 07:24, 22 May 2024
  • Edward Davy Wedge (1777–1852), brother of John Helder Wedge, became a colonist in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District of Australia. The Wedges...
    2 KB (225 words) - 01:44, 7 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Electrical telegraph
    6 km) of wire strung around the room in 1831. In 1835, Joseph Henry and Edward Davy independently invented the mercury dipping electrical relay, in which...
    77 KB (9,172 words) - 22:40, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Davy Jones's locker
    Davy Jones' locker is a metaphor for the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drowned sailors and travellers. It is a euphemism for drowning or shipwrecks...
    14 KB (1,617 words) - 21:25, 29 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Davy Crockett (miniseries)
    Davy Crockett was a five-part serial which aired on ABC from 1954–55 in one-hour episodes, on the Disneyland series. The series starred Fess Parker as...
    10 KB (1,032 words) - 20:59, 27 January 2024
  • episodes of the Davy Crockett television miniseries. The episodes used were Davy Crockett Indian Fighter, Davy Crockett Goes to Congress, and Davy Crockett at...
    9 KB (919 words) - 04:20, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Davy Crockett
    Johnny Cash (Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder, 1988) Tim Dunigan (Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder, Davy Crockett: A Natural Man, Davy Crockett:...
    67 KB (8,155 words) - 17:24, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electrical engineering
    Sturgeon, who in 1825 invented the electromagnet; of Joseph Henry and Edward Davy, who invented the electrical relay in 1835; of Georg Ohm, who in 1827...
    81 KB (8,262 words) - 14:53, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jackson Hole
    west. Jackson, which became incorporated in 1914, was named after David Edward "Davy" Jackson, who trapped beaver in the area in the late 1820s with a partner...
    13 KB (1,490 words) - 10:12, 28 April 2024