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
... hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its effects . - His new Gal- vanic experiments communicated in a Letter to Mr. Gilbert 56 CHAPTER III . • Count Rumford negotiates with Mr. Underwood on the subject of Davy's appointment to the ...
... hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its effects . - His new Gal- vanic experiments communicated in a Letter to Mr. Gilbert 56 CHAPTER III . • Count Rumford negotiates with Mr. Underwood on the subject of Davy's appointment to the ...
Page xvi
... Hydrogen . Whether Sulphur , Phosphorus , and Carbon may not contain Hydrogen . - He decomposes Boracic acid . - Boron . - His fallacies with regard to the composition of Muriatic acid . — A splen- did Voltaic battery is constructed at ...
... Hydrogen . Whether Sulphur , Phosphorus , and Carbon may not contain Hydrogen . - He decomposes Boracic acid . - Boron . - His fallacies with regard to the composition of Muriatic acid . — A splen- did Voltaic battery is constructed at ...
Page 56
... hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its effects . His new Galvanic experiments communicated in a Letter to Mr. Gilbert . HAVING concluded the early history of the sub- ject of these memoirs , and conducted it to that me- morable day ...
... hydrogen gas , and nearly perishes from its effects . His new Galvanic experiments communicated in a Letter to Mr. Gilbert . HAVING concluded the early history of the sub- ject of these memoirs , and conducted it to that me- morable day ...
Page 69
... hydrogen which is disengaged from the surface of the earth , he sup- poses , will rise until it comes into contact with this luminated Phos - oxygen , when , by its attracting the oxygen to form water , the light will be set free , and ...
... hydrogen which is disengaged from the surface of the earth , he sup- poses , will rise until it comes into contact with this luminated Phos - oxygen , when , by its attracting the oxygen to form water , the light will be set free , and ...
Page 79
... hydrogen : he makes it out to be an acid . I shall most anxiously expect a letter from you , and I remain with affec- tion and respect , Yours , HUMPHRY DAVY . The letter which follows may be considered as a reply to one received from ...
... hydrogen : he makes it out to be an acid . I shall most anxiously expect a letter from you , and I remain with affec- tion and respect , Yours , HUMPHRY DAVY . The letter which follows may be considered as a reply to one received from ...
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