Significance: Davy is a significant figure in the history of chemistry and these notebooks have never been transcribed in their entirety; Davy wrote poetry as well as science in these notebooks.

Public Engagement: transcribe-a-thons; library workshops; schools’ outreach.

Team: Prof Sharon Ruston (ELCW), Dr Andrew Lacey (ELCW), Dr Eleanor Bird (ELCW), Alexis Wolf (ELCW), Prof Frank James (UCL), Dr Samantha Blicken (Adler Planetarium, Chicago / Zooniverse), Dr Joanna Taylor (Manchester University)

Funding: AHRC, EPSRC

Events: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/davynotebooks/events/

Key Publications: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/davynotebooks/