[115] The Davy medal of the Royal Society was, in 1882, presented, in duplicate, to D. Mendelejeff and Lothar Meyer for their discovery of the periodic relations of the atomic weights.
[116] He would often go two or three hundred miles for a day's fishing, and has more than once patiently fished all day long without a rise; he was, however, generally a successful as well as an enthusiastic fisherman, but seems to have been thought somewhat clumsy in his manipulation.
[117] The first edition was genially reviewed by Sir Walter Scott in the Quarterly Review, xxxviii. 503. Sir Walter used to say of Davy, in allusion to his well-known preference for his old associates and acquaintances, that 'he never forgot a friend.'
[118] It should, perhaps, be remarked here that Davy was an excellent linguist.
[119] The centenary of his birth was celebrated at Penzance in February, 1879.
[120] There is also a tablet to his memory in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
[121] Dr. Paris, F.R.S., has appended to his 'Life of Davy' an historical sketch of the revolutions in chemical science produced by his discoveries, and also a list of his chief works, which may conveniently be consulted by those who desire more detailed information as to Davy's scientific triumphs.