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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Page xiv
... chemical researches . - A critical examination of the work . - Testimony of Tobin , Clayfield , Southey , and others , re- specting the powers of nitrous oxyd . - Davy breathes carburetted hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its ...
... chemical researches . - A critical examination of the work . - Testimony of Tobin , Clayfield , Southey , and others , re- specting the powers of nitrous oxyd . - Davy breathes carburetted hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its ...
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... Chemical affinities . - General deve- lopement of the Electro - chemical Laws . - Illustrations , Applica- tions , and Conclusions 216 - CHAPTER VII . - The unfair rivalry of Philosophers . - Bonaparte the Patron of Science . He ...
... Chemical affinities . - General deve- lopement of the Electro - chemical Laws . - Illustrations , Applica- tions , and Conclusions 216 - CHAPTER VII . - The unfair rivalry of Philosophers . - Bonaparte the Patron of Science . He ...
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... chemical analogies to which the discovery gave origin . Euchlorine . - Chlorides . - He delivers Lectures before the Dublin Society . He receives the Honorary Degree of LL.D. from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College . He ...
... chemical analogies to which the discovery gave origin . Euchlorine . - Chlorides . - He delivers Lectures before the Dublin Society . He receives the Honorary Degree of LL.D. from the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College . He ...
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... chemical Prometheus to rob the thunder - cloud of its lightnings ; but that a worn - out instrument , such as has ... Chemistry . Bergman's curiosity was excited ; he paid him a visit , and was astonished at the knowledge he dis ...
... chemical Prometheus to rob the thunder - cloud of its lightnings ; but that a worn - out instrument , such as has ... Chemistry . Bergman's curiosity was excited ; he paid him a visit , and was astonished at the knowledge he dis ...
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... Chemistry . He neither possessed apparatus , nor the money to procure it . These circumstances , which at first sight seem so adverse , were in reality those which contributed to his ultimate success . The branch of Chemistry he ...
... Chemistry . He neither possessed apparatus , nor the money to procure it . These circumstances , which at first sight seem so adverse , were in reality those which contributed to his ultimate success . The branch of Chemistry he ...
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