02566cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500270014326400510017030000470022133600260026833700260029433800360032050000310035650800910038752015460047853400450202465300340206965300450210370000300214885600430217899900190222176706UtSlPG20260610134757.0mcr n260607r2025||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aQD1 aMayhew, Henry,d1812-188714aThe wonders of science 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-08-19  aSteven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"The wonders of science : Or, young Humphry Davy (the Cornish apothecary''s boy,…." by Henry Mayhew is a juvenile biography written in the mid-19th century. It traces the early life, character, and self-education of Humphry Davy, presenting his path from poor Cornish boy to aspiring man of science as an example for young readers, blending moral purpose with lively popular science.  The opening of this work dedicates the story to Michael Faraday and quotes Faraday’s own account of how Davy first encouraged him, then explains the author’s aim: to inspire boys through a largely faithful, readable life of Davy while avoiding outdated science. The narrative begins with Davy’s father’s debts, Mr. Tonkin’s stern stewardship, and a vivid Penzance scene that contrasts local hardship with rising fashions; it then follows Humphry to the Land’s End, where, in grief, he vows to reform and support his widowed mother and siblings. At home he renews that promise, while his mother recalls his precocity; soon she opens a millinery business, Tonkin urges a practical path, and a sunset walk to St. Michael’s Mount becomes a gentle lesson in natural history, physiology, and humane feeling that awakens Humphry’s intellectual hunger. Apprenticed to a local surgeon-apothecary, he resolves to be useful, and a report of a catastrophic coal-mine explosion—highlighting that firedamp ignites by flame but not by sparks—plants an early seed of the ideas that will shape his future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aDavy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829  aScientists -- Great Britain -- Biography1 aGilbert, John,d1817-189740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76706  c117431d117431