The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France, &c. &c. &c, Volume 1Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 547 pages |
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... Royal Institution , who , in the most handsome manner , immediately complied with my request to inspect their Journals , and to make such extracts from them , as I might consider necessary for the completion of my memoirs . To Mr ...
... Royal Institution , who , in the most handsome manner , immediately complied with my request to inspect their Journals , and to make such extracts from them , as I might consider necessary for the completion of my memoirs . To Mr ...
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... Institution at Bristol , and the proposed ap- pointment of Davy . - His final departure from his native town . CHAPTER II . Page 1 Cursory thoughts on the advantages of Biography . - Plan and objects of the Pneumatic Institution ...
... Institution at Bristol , and the proposed ap- pointment of Davy . - His final departure from his native town . CHAPTER II . Page 1 Cursory thoughts on the advantages of Biography . - Plan and objects of the Pneumatic Institution ...
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... Royal Institution . - Terms of his en- gagement communicated in a letter to Mr. Gilbert . - Davy arrives , and takes possession of his apartments . - He receives various mor- tifications . He is elected a member of the Tepidarian ...
... Royal Institution . - Terms of his en- gagement communicated in a letter to Mr. Gilbert . - Davy arrives , and takes possession of his apartments . - He receives various mor- tifications . He is elected a member of the Tepidarian ...
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... Royal Institution . -Its early labours . - Davy's Letters to Mr. Gilbert and to Mr. Poole . - Death of Mr. Gregory Watt . - Davy's Passion for Fish- ing , with Anecdotes . - He makes a Tour in Ireland : his Letters on the subject . His ...
... Royal Institution . -Its early labours . - Davy's Letters to Mr. Gilbert and to Mr. Poole . - Death of Mr. Gregory Watt . - Davy's Passion for Fish- ing , with Anecdotes . - He makes a Tour in Ireland : his Letters on the subject . His ...
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... Institution by subscription . -Davy ascertains the true nature of the Muriatic and Oxy - mu- riatic Acids . - Important chemical analogies to which the discovery gave origin . Euchlorine . - Chlorides . - He delivers Lectures before the ...
... Institution by subscription . -Davy ascertains the true nature of the Muriatic and Oxy - mu- riatic Acids . - Important chemical analogies to which the discovery gave origin . Euchlorine . - Chlorides . - He delivers Lectures before the ...
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